3849283144 | Organic | Contains carbon | 0 | |
3849284152 | Inorganic | Does not contain carbon | 1 | |
3849286011 | Covalent Bond | Sharing of electrons between two nonmetals | 2 | |
3849288003 | Ionic Bond | Occurs between a metal and nonmetal when electrons are not shared | 3 | |
3849294009 | Hydrogen Bond | Positive negative attraction between two polar molecules | 4 | |
3849299609 | Polar | Molecule that has a positive and negative charge | 5 | |
3849301023 | Nonpolar | Molecule that has NO positive and negative charge | 6 | |
3849303082 | Adhesion | Attraction of water to another substance | 7 | |
3849304459 | Cohesion | Attraction of water molecules | 8 | |
3849307237 | High Specific Heat | Allows it to mediate extreme temperatures | 9 | |
3849318911 | Hydrophobic | Water fearing | 10 | |
3849320013 | Hydrophilic | Water loving | 11 | |
3849321304 | Hydrocarbon | Molecule consisting of hydrogen and carbon atoms | 12 | |
3849324308 | Functional Group | Cluster of atoms that makes a molecule hydrophilic | 13 | |
3849327323 | Monomer | Individual repeating units | 14 | |
3849328222 | Polymer | Many monomers connected together | 15 | |
3872158950 | Condensation Reaction | Making a polymer from monomer units | 16 | |
3872179014 | Dehydration Synthesis | Process of joining two molecules (or compounds) together following the removal of water | 17 | |
3872187919 | Monosaccharide | A simple sugar, such as glucose or fructose | 18 | |
3872195859 | Disaccharide | Any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule | 19 | |
3872200930 | Polysaccharide | A carbohydrate (e.g., starch, cellulose, or glycogen) whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together in a condensation reaction. | 20 | |
3872213352 | Sucrose | Glucose + Fructose (table sugar) | 21 | |
3872215888 | Maltose | Glucose + Glucose | 22 | |
3872217434 | Lactose | Glucose + Galactose (milk sugar) | 23 | |
3872220594 | Starch | Polysaccharide found in plants; digestible by animals | 24 | |
3872225380 | Cellulose | Polysaccharide found in plants; plant cell walls; not digestible by animals | 25 | |
3872232790 | Glycogen | Polysaccharide found in animals. | 26 | |
3872246150 | Chitin | Polysaccharide; exoskeleton of insects | 27 | |
4981265007 | Glucose | Most common monosaccharide | 28 | |
4981266724 | Fructose | Monosaccharide found in fruit | 29 | |
4981271274 | Galactose | Monosaccharide that is less sweet than glucose or fructose | 30 | |
4981291283 | Fatty Acid | Monomer unit of lipids | 31 | |
4981294994 | Triglyceride | 3 fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule (how animals store fat) | 32 | |
4981304373 | Phospholipid | Consists of a polar head and two nonpolar tails (main component of cell membranes) | 33 | |
4981331123 | Carboxyl | Functional group in lipids (COOH) | 34 | |
4981337842 | Saturated Fat | Lipid found in animals with no double bonds (solid at room temp) | 35 | |
4981343353 | Unsaturated Fat | Lipid found in plants with double bonds and missing hydrogen atoms. (oil at room temp) | 36 | |
4981356594 | Wax | Long chain fatty acid with an alcohol attached to one end. (solid, high melting point, retards water) | 37 | |
4981367565 | Steroids | Lipid made of 4 fused carbon rings (ex: cholesterol) | 38 | |
4983569245 | Amino Acid | Monomer unit to a protein | 39 | |
4983572995 | Peptide Bond | Name of bond joining two amino acids | 40 | |
4983578120 | Polypeptide | Chain of amino acids joined by peptide bonds | 41 | |
4983582896 | Enzyme | Type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions | 42 | |
4983676595 | Denatured | When a protein loses shape and/or function | 43 | |
4983688524 | Nucleotide | Monomer unit to a Nucleic Acid | 44 |
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