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| 7367265189 | covalent bonding | bonding resulting from the sharing of electrons | 0 | |
| 7367271578 | hydrogen bonding | bonding resulting from the attraction of hydrogen in one molecule to atoms like oxygen or nitrogen in another molecule | 1 | |
| 7367282603 | nonpolar | a molecule in which the electrons are shared equally | 2 | |
| 7367318336 | polar | a molecule in which the molecules are shared unequally | 3 | |
| 7367332131 | isomer | organic compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas | 4 | |
| 7367341844 | monosaccharide | C6H12O6 simple sugars | 5 | |
| 7367344196 | disaccharide | two monosaccharides joined; C12H22O11 | 6 | |
| 7367363881 | dehydration synthesis | condensation; joining compounds with the release of water | 7 | |
| 7367372652 | hydrolysis | breakdown on a compound by addition of water | 8 | |
| 7367375590 | polysaccharide | carbohydrate composed of three or more simple sugars | 9 | |
| 7367383112 | cellulose | structural polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls | 10 | |
| 7367387786 | starch | storage polysaccharide found in plants | 11 | |
| 7367424536 | chitin | polysaccharide found in exoskeletons in arthropods | 12 | |
| 7367428454 | glycogen | polysacchride found in animals; stored in liver and muscle | 13 | |
| 7367438323 | glycerol | alcohol portion of a lipid | 14 | |
| 7367440582 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end | 15 | |
| 7367446580 | saturated | fats having no double or triple bonds | 16 | |
| 7367450466 | unsaturated | fats have double bonds | 17 | |
| 7367453599 | steroid | lipid with four fused ring structures; cholesterol and testosterone | 18 | |
| 7367459785 | peptide bond | bonds that creates a chain of amino acids | 19 | |
| 7367469210 | conformation | refers to a protein's unique shape that determines its function | 20 | |
| 7367479691 | primary structure | linear sequence of amino acids; peptide bonds | 21 | |
| 7367482056 | secondary structure | protein formed with hydrogen bonds | 22 | |
| 7367489570 | tertiary structure | 3D conformation formed; disulfide bridges | 23 | |
| 7367494096 | quaternary structure | protein with more than one polypeptide chain | 24 | |
| 7367499152 | alpha helix | secondary coiling of a protein | 25 | |
| 7367505218 | beta pleating | secondary folding in a protein | 26 | |
| 7367516597 | functional groups | collection of atoms that give molecules specific properties | 27 | |
| 7367522194 | metabolism | sum of chemical reactions that take place in a cell | 28 | |
| 7367528631 | catabolism | reaction that breaks molecules down | 29 | |
| 7367531413 | anabolism | reactions that build large molecules | 30 | |
| 7367586127 | cohesion | attraction of water molecules for other water molecules | 31 | |
| 7367606534 | adhesion | attraction of water to a different substance | 32 | |
| 7367634025 | surface tension | measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid | 33 | |
| 7367644578 | evaporative cooling | property of a liquid where the surface becomes cooler during evaporation due to the loss of molecules | 34 | |
| 7367654969 | disulfide bridge | tertiary structure; strong covalent bonds between cysteine amino acids | 35 | |
| 7367670982 | glycosidic linkange | covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by dehydration synthesis | 36 | |
| 7367676237 | nucleotide | building block of a nucleic acid | 37 | |
| 7367680690 | pyramidine | cytosine, thymine; uracil; single rings | 38 | |
| 7367689057 | purine | adenine and guanine; two rings | 39 | |
| 7367693803 | triose | three carbon sugar | 40 | |
| 7367696072 | pentose | five carbon sugar | 41 | |
| 7367699420 | hexose | six carbon sugar | 42 | |
| 7367705689 | hydroxyl | -OH; alcohol, polar | 43 | |
| 7367810051 | sulfhydryl | sulfur bonded to hydrogen; cysteine | 44 | |
| 7367818544 | methyl | carbon bonded to three hydrogens | 45 | |
| 7367867184 | insulin | regulates glucose levels in blood stream | 46 | |
| 7367870704 | hemoglobin | protein that carries oxygen; RBC's | 47 | |
| 7367897841 | hydrophobic | water fearing; nonpolar | 48 | |
| 7367901094 | hydrophilic | water loving; polar | 49 | |
| 7367935319 | denaturation | a change in the original structure of a protein | 50 | |
| 7367960928 | cholesterol | lipid steroid that serves as molecular foundation for other lipids made by the human body; found in cell membrane of animal cells | 51 | |
| 7368044396 | triglyceride | three fatty acids and one glycerol molecule; a fat | 52 | |
| 7368059628 | phospholipid | two fatty acids, one glycerol, a choline and phosphate group; cell membranes | 53 | |
| 7368124155 | glucose, fructose, galactose | monosaccharides | 54 | |
| 7368129033 | lactose, maltose, sucrose | disaccharides | 55 | |
| 7368155814 | A-T; G-C | base pairing rule in DNA | 56 | |
| 7368161067 | A-U; G-C | base pairing rule in RNA | 57 | |
| 14907382369 | ribose | sugar in RNA | 58 | |
| 14907382370 | deoxyribose | sugar in DNA | 59 |
