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| 7441896536 | nonpolar | electrons shared equally |  | 0 |
| 7441896537 | polar | electrons shared unequally |  | 1 |
| 7441896538 | monosaccharide | C6H12O6 simple sugar; glucose, galactose, and fructose |  | 2 |
| 7441896539 | disaccharide | two monosaccharides joined together; C12H22O1; maltose, lactose, and sucrose |  | 3 |
| 7441896540 | dehydration synthesis | condensation; joining compounds together with water released |  | 4 |
| 7441896541 | hydrolysis | breakdown of a compound by adding water |  | 5 |
| 7441896542 | polysaccharide | polymers of carbohydrates |  | 6 |
| 7441896543 | cellulose | structural polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls |  | 7 |
| 7441896544 | starch | storage polysaccharide found in plants |  | 8 |
| 7441896545 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end; majority portion in lipids |  | 9 |
| 7441896546 | saturated fat | fat without double bonds |  | 10 |
| 7441896547 | unsaturated fat | fat with double bonds |  | 11 |
| 7441896548 | peptide bond | bond creating amino acid chains or polymers |  | 12 |
| 7441896549 | primary structure | linear sequence of amino acids; peptide bonds |  | 13 |
| 7441896550 | secondary structure | protein formed with hydrogen bonds |  | 14 |
| 7441896551 | tertiary structure | 3D conformation formed; determines specificity |  | 15 |
| 7441896552 | quaternary structure | protein with more than one polypeptide chain |  | 16 |
| 7441896553 | alpha helix | secondary structure form of a protein; human hair (keratin) |  | 17 |
| 7441896554 | beta pleated sheet | secondary structure form of a protein; spider webs and silk |  | 18 |
| 7441896555 | functional group | components of organic molecules most often involved in chemical reactions | 19 | |
| 7441896557 | cohesion | capacity to resist tension to rupture |  | 20 |
| 7441896558 | polymer | long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together |  | 21 |
| 7441896559 | monomer | building block for polymers; only made by producers | | 22 |
| 7441896560 | adhesion | attraction between different kinds of molecules | | 23 |
| 7441896561 | surface tension | measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid |  | 24 |
| 7441896562 | evaporative cooling / heat of vaporization | property of a liquid where the surface becomes cooler during evaporation due to the loss of molecules |  | 25 |
| 7441896564 | hydrophobic interaction | tertiary structure; weak chemical bond formed when molecules that do not mix with water change to exclude the water |  | 26 |
| 7441896565 | hydrocarbon | organic molecule consisting of only hydrogen and carbon |  | 27 |
| 7441896566 | macromolecule | giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules |  | 28 |
| 7441896568 | nucleotide | building block of a nucleic acid; five carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogen base and a phosphate group |  | 29 |
| 7441896571 | hydroxyl | hydrogen bonded to oxygen bonded to an organic molecule's carbon skeleton; alcohol; polar |  | 30 |
| 7441896572 | carboxyl | oxygen double bonded to a carbon atom that is bonded to a hydroxyl group |  | 31 |
| 7441896573 | amine | nitrogen bonded to two hydrogens and to the carbon skeleton |  | 32 |
| 7441896574 | sulfhydryl | sulfur bonded to hydrogen in roughly the shape of a hydroxyl; cysteine |  | 33 |
| 7441896575 | phosphate | phosphorous bonded to four oxygens, two have negative charges, one is bonded to the carbon skeleton; phospholipid |  | 34 |
| 7441955271 | denaturation | process in which a protein loses shape and function due to changes in their environment (pH, temperature) |  | 35 |
| 7442018451 | competitive inhibitor | molecule that closely resembles the shape of a substrate for an enzyme |  | 36 |
| 7517911483 | enzymes | specific, reusable, catalyzes a chemical reaction |  | 37 |
