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| 9649570212 | ionic bond | bond resulting from a transfer of electrons |  | 0 |
| 9649570213 | covalent bond | bond resulting from the sharing of electrons |  | 1 |
| 9649570214 | nonpolar | electrons shared equally |  | 2 |
| 9649570215 | polar | electrons shared unequally |  | 3 |
| 9649570221 | monosaccharide | C6H12O6 simple sugar; glucose, galactose, and fructose |  | 4 |
| 9649570222 | disaccharide | two monosaccharides joined together; C12H22O1; maltose, lactose, and sucrose |  | 5 |
| 9649570223 | dehydration synthesis | condensation; joining compounds together with water released |  | 6 |
| 9649570224 | hydrolysis | breakdown of a compound by adding water |  | 7 |
| 9649570225 | polysaccharide | polymers of carbohydrates |  | 8 |
| 9649570226 | cellulose | structural polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls |  | 9 |
| 9649570227 | starch | storage polysaccharide found in plants |  | 10 |
| 9649570228 | glycerol | alcohol portion of a lipid |  | 11 |
| 9649570229 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end; majority portion in lipids |  | 12 |
| 9649570230 | saturated fat | fat without double bonds |  | 13 |
| 9649570231 | unsaturated fat | fat with double bonds |  | 14 |
| 9649570232 | steroid | lipid with a four fused ring structure; cholesterol and testosterone |  | 15 |
| 9649570233 | peptide bond | bond creating amino acid chains or polymers |  | 16 |
| 9649570234 | primary structure | linear sequence of amino acids; peptide bonds |  | 17 |
| 9649570235 | secondary structure | protein formed with hydrogen bonds |  | 18 |
| 9649570236 | tertiary structure | 3D conformation formed; determines specificity |  | 19 |
| 9649570237 | quaternary structure | protein with more than one polypeptide chain |  | 20 |
| 9649570238 | alpha helix | secondary structure form of a protein; human hair (keratin) |  | 21 |
| 9649570239 | beta pleated sheet | secondary structure form of a protein; spider webs and silk |  | 22 |
| 9649570240 | functional group | components of organic molecules most often involved in chemical reactions | 23 | |
| 9649570241 | cohesion | capacity to resist tension to rupture |  | 24 |
| 9649570242 | salt | compound that releases ion other than H+ or OH- when dissolved in water | 25 | |
| 9649570243 | chemical equilibrium | when the reaction rate is about the same in either direction | 26 | |
| 9649570244 | polymer | long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together |  | 27 |
| 9649570245 | monomer | building block for polymers; only made by producers | | 28 |
| 9649570246 | adhesion | attraction between different kinds of molecules | | 29 |
| 9649570247 | surface tension | measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid |  | 30 |
| 9649570248 | van der Waals interactions | tertiary structure; weak attractions between molecules or parts of molecules that result from localized charge fluctuations |  | 31 |
| 9649570249 | evaporative cooling / heat of vaporization | property of a liquid where the surface becomes cooler during evaporation due to the loss of molecules |  | 32 |
| 9649570250 | disulfide bridge | tertiary structure; strong covalent bond formed when one sulfur of one cysteine monomer bonds to the sulfur of another |  | 33 |
| 9649570252 | hydrocarbon | organic molecule consisting of only hydrogen and carbon |  | 34 |
| 9649570253 | macromolecule | giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules |  | 35 |
| 9649570254 | glycosodic linkage | covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration synthesis reaction | 36 | |
| 9649570255 | nucleotide | building block of a nucleic acid; five carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogen base and a phosphate group |  | 37 |
| 9649570256 | pyramidine | cytosine, thymine, and uracil; six-membered ring |  | 38 |
| 9649570257 | purine | adenine and guanine; six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring |  | 39 |
| 9649570258 | hydroxyl | hydrogen bonded to oxygen bonded to an organic molecule's carbon skeleton; alcohol; polar |  | 40 |
| 9649570259 | carbonyl | carbon double bonded to oxygen; ketones and aldehydes |  | 41 |
| 9649570260 | carboxyl | oxygen double bonded to a carbon atom that is bonded to a hydroxyl group |  | 42 |
| 9649570261 | amine | nitrogen bonded to two hydrogens and to the carbon skeleton |  | 43 |
| 9649570262 | sulfhydryl | sulfur bonded to hydrogen in roughly the shape of a hydroxyl; cysteine |  | 44 |
| 9649570263 | phosphate | phosphorous bonded to four oxygens, two have negative charges, one is bonded to the carbon skeleton; phospholipid |  | 45 |
| 9649570264 | methyl | carbon bonded to three hydrogens; arrangement determines function of male and female sex hormones |  | 46 |
| 9649610169 | catalyst | speeds up the rate of the reaction, usually an enzyme | 47 | |
| 9649615566 | denaturation | damaging a protein so that it loses its 3D shape | 48 | |
| 9649622622 | catabolic | the breaking down of a substances and exergonic reaction | 49 | |
| 9649626006 | anabolic | putting together a substance and it is an endergonic reaction | 50 |
