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| 5392334964 | monomer | a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form dimers or polymers | 0 | |
| 5392334965 | polymer | large compound formed from combinations of many monomers | 1 | |
| 5392334966 | carbohydrate | organic compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio; used for energy or structural support |  | 2 |
| 5392334967 | lipid | organic compound made of carbon, hydrogen & relatively few oxygen used for energy storage; include fats, oils, steroids, waxes and other nonpolar substances |  | 3 |
| 5392334968 | Protein | organic compound that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; perform many functions including growth, repair and catalysis |  | 4 |
| 5392334969 | amino acid | monomer of a protein contains an amine group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) |  | 5 |
| 5392334970 | hydrolysis | process by which organic polymers break into monomers by the addition of a H+ and an OH- (a molecule of water) |  | 6 |
| 5392334971 | enzyme | protein that acts as a catalyst and speeds up chemical reactions in the cell | 7 | |
| 5392334972 | Isomer | molecule with same chemical formula, but different structure and properties | 8 | |
| 5392334973 | Hydrogen Bond | weak, noncovalent attraction between a hydrogen atom and an electronegetive atom (O, N, F) | 9 | |
| 5392334974 | Covalent Bond | bonding pairs that shares electrons equally | 10 | |
| 5392334975 | Polar Covalent Bond | Bonding pairs that share electrons unequally (as in water) | 11 | |
| 5392334976 | Buffer | Solution that resist change in pH | 12 | |
| 5392334977 | Glucose | Simple sugar that is component of carbohydrates and is also an energy source for living organisms; C6H12O6 | 13 | |
| 5392334978 | Ion | Atom or a molecule where total number of electrons is not equal to toal number of protons. It causes atom or molecule to have either positive or negative elctrical charge. | 14 | |
| 5392334979 | Hydrocarbons | simplest organic compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen | 15 | |
| 5392334980 | ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate; energy molecule used to power cellular processes | 16 | |
| 5392334981 | polar molecule | A molecule that has an unevenly distributed charge. | 17 | |
| 5392334982 | aqueous solution | A solution in which water acts as a solvent | 18 | |
| 5392334983 | hydrophilic | substance that has an affinity for water | 19 | |
| 5392334984 | hydrophobic | substances that do not have affinity for water; nonionic or nonpolar compounds | 20 | |
| 5392334985 | Valence Shell | The outer most shell of an atom that allows the cells to bond with one another. The first shell has a maximum of 2 and the rest have a maximum of 8 electrons. | 21 | |
| 5392334986 | Dehydration synthesis | occurs when two monomers bond together through the loss of a water molecule. |  | 22 |
| 5392334987 | Functional Group | A group of atoms in an organic compound that contribute to the personality of the compound | 23 | |
| 5392334988 | Monosaccharides | carbohydrate monomer, usually a sugar such as glucose | 24 | |
| 5392334989 | Disaccharides | carbohydrate dimer, such as sucrose | 25 | |
| 5392334990 | Polysaccharides | carbohydrate polymer, such as starch, glycogen, cellulose or chitin | 26 | |
| 5392334991 | Acid | solution which contains more H+ ions than OH-; has a pH < 7 | 27 | |
| 5392334992 | Basic | solution which contains more OH- ions than H+; has a pH > 7 | 28 | |
| 5392334993 | Catalyst | substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not changed during the reaction | 29 | |
| 5392334994 | Glycogen | carbohydrate polymer found in animals composed of bonded glucose molecules |  | 30 |
| 5392334995 | organic compound | Compound that contains carbon and hydrogen | 31 | |
| 5392334996 | macromolecules | organic polymer | 32 | |
| 5392334997 | starch | carbohydrate polymer found in plants; composed of bonded glucose molecules |  | 33 |
| 5392334998 | Cellulose | Polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls |  | 34 |
| 5392334999 | Chitin | polysaccharide that makes up the shells and exoskeletons of some animals and the cell walls of fungi |  | 35 |
| 5392335000 | fatty acid | subunit of triglycerides composed of long chains of carbon atoms with attached hydrogens |  | 36 |
| 5392335001 | phospholipid | amphiphatic lipid that composes most of the cell membrane |  | 37 |
| 5392335002 | Steroid | lipid made up of a carbon skeleton consisting of 4 fused rings |  | 38 |
| 5392335003 | Cholesterol | important steroid found in animal cell membranes |  | 39 |
| 5392335004 | nucleic acid | organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus which store and transmit genetic information |  | 40 |
