9771463675 | Carbohydrate Examples | glucose, fructose, sucrose, starch, glycogen, cellulose, monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides | 0 | |
9771463729 | Disaccharide | ![]() | 1 | |
9771463730 | Monosaccharide | ![]() | 2 | |
9771463731 | Polysaccharide | ![]() | 3 | |
9771463676 | Lipid Examples | fatty acids, fats, saturated fats, unsaturated fats, steroids, phospholipids, cholesterol, triglycerides | 4 | |
9771463732 | Unsaturated Fat | ![]() | 5 | |
9771463733 | Saturated Fat | ![]() | 6 | |
9771463734 | Steroid | ![]() | 7 | |
9771463735 | Phospholipid | ![]() | 8 | |
9771463736 | Nucleotide | ![]() | 9 | |
9771463677 | Nucleic Acid Examples | DNA, RNA, (ATP and ADP are modified nucleic acids) | 10 | |
9771463737 | DNA | ![]() | 11 | |
9771463738 | RNA | ![]() | 12 | |
9771463678 | Protein Examples | amino acids, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary structures, collagen, hemoglobin, enzymes | 13 | |
9771463739 | Triglyceride | ![]() | 14 | |
9771463740 | Amino Acid | ![]() | 15 | |
9771463741 | Primary Structure of a Protein | ![]() | 16 | |
9771463742 | alpha helix (secondary) | ![]() | 17 | |
9771463743 | beta-pleated sheet (secondary) | ![]() | 18 | |
9771463744 | Tertiary Structure of a Protein | ![]() | 19 | |
9771463745 | Quaternary Structure of a Protein | ![]() | 20 | |
9771463746 | Disulfide Bridge | ![]() | 21 | |
9771463747 | Hydrogen Bonds | ![]() | 22 | |
9771463679 | *nucleic acid | *kind of macromolecule that stores, transfers, and expresses genetic information | ![]() | 23 |
9771463680 | *nucleotide | *the monomer of a nucleic acid | ![]() | 24 |
9771463681 | *a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a nitrogen base | *structure of a nucleotide | 25 | |
9771463682 | *dehydration synthesis between nucleotides | *a kind of condensation reaction in which water is removed in order to join together nucleotides | 26 | |
9771463683 | *purines | *double-ringed nitrogen base such as adenine or guanine | ![]() | 27 |
9771463684 | *pyrimidine | *single-ringed nitrogen base such as cytosine, uracil, or thymine | ![]() | 28 |
9771463685 | *proteins | *a macromolecule made chains of amino acids | 29 | |
9771463686 | *enzymes | *proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms (reduce the activation energy required) | 30 | |
9771463687 | *a carboxyl group, an amino group, a central Carbon, a Hydrogen, and an R-group | *structure of an amino acid | 31 | |
9771463688 | *20 | *the number of different amino acids that occur extensively in all living organisms | 32 | |
9771463689 | *dehydration synthesis between amino acids | *process that bond an amino acid to another amino acids (forms peptide bond) | 33 | |
9771463690 | *peptide bond | *covalent bond formed between amino acids | ![]() | 34 |
9771463691 | *polypeptide chain | *a long line of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds | ![]() | 35 |
9771463692 | *R-group | *stands for the rest of the compound, different for each kind of amino acid, giving the amino acid its properties | ![]() | 36 |
9771463693 | four levels of a proteins structure | primary structure, secondary structure, tertiary structure, quaternary structure | 37 | |
9771463694 | *denatured | *a change in the shape of a protein due to chemical treatments, temperature, change of pH, or high concentrations of polar or nonpolar substances; may or may not be irreversible | ![]() | 38 |
9771463695 | *hydrogen bonds in proteins | *bond that occurs between R-groups that stabilize folds in proteins | 39 | |
9771463696 | *hydrophobic R-groups | *move together to the interior of a protein, away from water | 40 | |
9771463697 | *triglyceride | *lipid made of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol | ![]() | 41 |
9771463698 | glycerol | a carbon alcohol that is hydrophilic | ![]() | 42 |
9771463699 | *functions of lipids | *long-term energy storage, insulation, part of the cell membrane, chemical messenger, waterproofing | 43 | |
9771463700 | food made of saturated fatty acid | animal fats and butter; bad fats | 44 | |
9771463701 | cholesterol | the most common steroid; is a component of the cell membrane as well as the precursor to all other steroids | 45 | |
9771463702 | *monosaccharide | *the simplest kind of carbohydrate | 46 | |
9771463703 | *simple sugar | *another name for a monosaccharide | 47 | |
9771463704 | -ose | suffix carbohydrates usually end in (gluc-ose, fruct-ose) | 48 | |
9771463705 | formula for sugar molecules | (CH₂O)n where n is any number from 3 to 8 | 49 | |
9771463706 | *1:2:1 | *the ration of Carbon to Hydrogen to Oxygen in a carbohydrate | 50 | |
9771463707 | *disaccharide | *two monosaccharides joined together by a glycosidic linkage | ![]() | 51 |
9771463708 | *dehydration synthesis between monosaccharides | *process used to combine monosaccarides into disaccharides and polysaccharides | ![]() | 52 |
9771463709 | *the reason why the formula of a disaccharide of glucose is C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ and not C₁₂H₂₄O₁₂ | *one water molecule is lost when the condensation reaction joins together the two monosaccharides | 53 | |
9771463710 | lactose | milk sugar; disaccharide formed when glucose bonds with galactose | ![]() | 54 |
9771463711 | *polysaccharide | *three or more monosaccharides | 55 | |
9771463712 | organic molecules | molecules that contain carbon | 56 | |
9771463713 | macromolecules | large organic molecules | 57 | |
9771463714 | the reason carbon is important to life | carbon can form four strong covalent bonds with different elements; carbon is the main component of organic molecules; all organic molecules contain carbon (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) | 58 | |
9771463715 | four | number of covalent bonds carbon can form with other elements | 59 | |
9771463716 | nonpolar | not soluable in water | 60 | |
9771463717 | polar | soluable in water | 61 | |
9771463718 | isomer | Molecules with same molecular formula but different structures (shapes) | 62 | |
9771463719 | functional groups | parts of organic molecules that are involved in chemical reactions | 63 | |
9771463720 | charge of the oxygen atom in a water molecule | slightly negative | 64 | |
9771463721 | charge of the hydrogen atoms in a water molecule | slightly positive | 65 | |
9771463722 | hydrogen bond in water | weak bond formed between water molecules | ![]() | 66 |
9771463723 | universal solvent | Property of water in which substances that are ionic or substances that have polar covalent bonds all dissolve in water. | 67 | |
9771463724 | hydrophillic | Term for substances that dissolve in water. | 68 | |
9771463725 | hydrophobic | Term for substances that do not dissolve in water. | 69 | |
9771463726 | solute | A substance that dissolves into a solvent. | ![]() | 70 |
9771463727 | solvent | A substance that dissolves another substance. | ![]() | 71 |
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