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| 7685384203 | monosaccharide | C6H12O6 simple sugar; glucose, galactose, and fructose |  | 0 |
| 7685384204 | disaccharide | two monosaccharides joined together; C12H22O1; maltose, lactose, and sucrose |  | 1 |
| 7685384205 | dehydration synthesis | condensation; joining compounds together with water released |  | 2 |
| 7685384206 | hydrolysis | breakdown of a compound by adding water |  | 3 |
| 7685384207 | polysaccharide | polymers of carbohydrates |  | 4 |
| 7685384208 | cellulose | structural polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls |  | 5 |
| 7685384209 | starch | storage polysaccharide found in plants |  | 6 |
| 7685384210 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end; majority portion in lipids |  | 7 |
| 7685384211 | saturated fat | fat without double bonds |  | 8 |
| 7685384212 | unsaturated fat | fat with double bonds |  | 9 |
| 7685384213 | peptide bond | bond creating amino acid chains or polymers |  | 10 |
| 7685384214 | primary structure | linear sequence of amino acids; peptide bonds |  | 11 |
| 7685384215 | secondary structure | protein formed with hydrogen bonds |  | 12 |
| 7685384216 | tertiary structure | 3D conformation formed; determines specificity |  | 13 |
| 7685384217 | quaternary structure | protein with more than one polypeptide chain |  | 14 |
| 7685384218 | alpha helix | secondary structure form of a protein; human hair (keratin) |  | 15 |
| 7685384219 | beta pleated sheet | secondary structure form of a protein; spider webs and silk |  | 16 |
| 7685384220 | functional group | components of organic molecules most often involved in chemical reactions | 17 | |
| 7685384222 | cohesion | capacity to resist tension to rupture |  | 18 |
| 7685384223 | polymer | long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together |  | 19 |
| 7685384224 | monomer | building block for polymers; only made by producers | | 20 |
| 7685384228 | disulfide bridge | tertiary structure; strong covalent bond formed when one sulfur of one cysteine monomer bonds to the sulfur of another |  | 21 |
| 7685384229 | hydrophobic interaction | tertiary structure; weak chemical bond formed when molecules that do not mix with water change to exclude the water |  | 22 |
| 7685384230 | hydrocarbon | organic molecule consisting of only hydrogen and carbon |  | 23 |
| 7685384231 | macromolecule | giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules |  | 24 |
| 7685384232 | glycosodic linkage | covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration synthesis reaction | 25 | |
| 7685384233 | nucleotide | building block of a nucleic acid; five carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogen base and a phosphate group |  | 26 |
| 7685384237 | carboxyl | oxygen double bonded to a carbon atom that is bonded to a hydroxyl group |  | 27 |
| 7685384238 | amine | nitrogen bonded to two hydrogens and to the carbon skeleton |  | 28 |
| 7685384240 | phosphate | phosphorous bonded to four oxygens, two have negative charges, one is bonded to the carbon skeleton; phospholipid |  | 29 |
