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| 15482837817 | Organic Compounds | carbon based molecules |  | 0 |
| 15482837818 | Functional Groups | chemical groups attached to carbon skeletons that give compounds their functionality | 1 | |
| 15482837819 | Hydrophilic | water loving (soluble in water) | 2 | |
| 15482837820 | Hydroxyl Group | -OH | 3 | |
| 15482837821 | Carboxyl Group | -COOH | 4 | |
| 15482837822 | Amino Group | -NH2 | 5 | |
| 15482837823 | Macromolecules | Large molecules such as: carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids | 6 | |
| 15482837824 | Polymers | a large molecule consisting of many monomers linked together | 7 | |
| 15482837825 | Monomers | one of the repeating parts of a polymer | 8 | |
| 15482837826 | Dehydration Reaction | a reaction that removes water and combines monomers into polymers | 9 | |
| 15482837827 | Hydrolysis | a reaction where adding water breaks up a polymer into monomers | 10 | |
| 15482837828 | Enzymes | specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions in cells | 11 | |
| 15482837829 | Carbohydrate | molecules ranging from the small sugar molecules to large polysaccharides like starches | 12 | |
| 15482837830 | Starch | a storage molecule used by plants | 13 | |
| 15482837831 | Glycogen | Molecule made by animals to store glucose | 14 | |
| 15482837832 | Hydrophobic | water fearing | 15 | |
| 15482837833 | Unsaturated Fatty Acid | fatty acid containing one or more double bonds - not saturated with Hydrogen | 16 | |
| 15482837834 | Saturated Fatty Acid | fatty acid containing only single bonds - full of hydrogens | 17 | |
| 15482837835 | Phospholipids | contain a phosphate group and attach to 2 fatty acids rather than three - makes cell membranes | 18 | |
| 15482837836 | Steroids | lipids containing 4 fused rings | 19 | |
| 15482837837 | Cholesterol | component in cell membranes - comes from animal fats | 20 | |
| 15482837838 | Protein | a molecule made of amino acids | 21 | |
| 15482837839 | Amino Acids | Monomers (building blocks) of proteins | 22 | |
| 15482837840 | Peptide Bond | covalent linkage between peptides to form a poly peptide | 23 | |
| 15482837841 | Polypeptide | a polymer made of peptides | 24 | |
| 15482837842 | DNA | genetic inheritance polymer - Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid | 25 | |
| 15482837843 | Are most carbohydrates are hydrophilic or hydrophobic? | hydrophilic | 26 | |
| 15482837844 | Are fats and lipids are hydrophilic or hydrophibic? | hydrophobic | 27 | |
| 15482837845 | Denaturation | proteins or enzymes, lose their specific shape, and changes its function | 28 | |
| 15482837846 | Nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base | 29 | |
| 15482837847 | Antiparallel | The opposite arrangement of the sugar-phosphate backbones in a DNA double helix. | 30 | |
| 15482837848 | Contains C, H, O | Carbohydrates and lipids | 31 | |
| 15482837849 | Contains C, H, O, N, and sometimes S | Proteins | 32 | |
| 15482837850 | Contains C, H, O, N, and P | Nucleic Acids | 33 | |
| 15482837851 | Primary Structure | The first level of protein structure; the specific sequence of amino acids making up a polypeptide chain. | 34 | |
| 15482837852 | Secondary Structure | The second level of protein structure; the regular local patterns of coils or folds of a polypeptide chain. | 35 | |
| 15482837853 | Tertiary Structure | The third level of protein structure; the overall, three-dimensional shape of a polypeptide due to interactions of the R groups of the amino acids making up the chain. | 36 | |
| 15482837854 | Quaternary structure | The fourth level of protein structure; the shape resulting from the association of two or more polypeptide subunits. | 37 | |
| 15482837855 | Purine | a nitrogenous base that has a double-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; either adenine or guanine | 38 | |
| 15482837856 | Pyrimidine | a nitrogenous base that has a single-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; thymine, cytosine, or uracil | 39 | |
| 15482837857 | peptide | short chain of amino acids | 40 | |
| 15482837858 | Lipids | Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. | 41 |
