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| 11352667970 | organic compounds | a compound that has both carbon and hydrogen in it Ex. C 2 H 6 , C 6 H 12 O 6 , and CH 4 | 0 | |
| 11352679907 | inorganic compounds | a compound that does NOT have BOTH carbon and hydrogen in it Ex. NaCl, H 2 O, and CO 2 | 1 | |
| 11352685401 | Carbohydrate | a compound that has carbon to hydrogen to oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio; important for energy Ex. Glucose or sucrose or starch | 2 | |
| 11352693739 | Lipid | a compound that has carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but not in definite ratio. Important for energy storage and insulation, and makes up all cell membranes Ex. Cholesterol or fat | 3 | |
| 11352697825 | Protein | a compound made of polypeptides, composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and a little sulfur. Important for enzymes, structure, antibodies, hormones. Ex. Hemoglobin, collagen | 4 | |
| 11352707711 | Nucleic Acid | a compound made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous, important in genetics Ex. DNA and RNA | 5 | |
| 11352713092 | Dehydration Synthesis | a reaction that puts together molecules; adds monomers together to make polymers Ex. Monosaccharide plus Monosaccharide combines to make a disaccharide | 6 | |
| 11352719812 | Hydrolysis | a reaction that breaks apart molecules; takes polymers and breaks them into monomers Ex. Disaccharide is broken into 2 monosaccharide | 7 | |
| 11352725443 | Monosaccharide | a simple sugar - just one ring Ex. Glucose | 8 | |
| 11352729921 | Disaccharide | two sugars together - 2 rings Ex. Sucrose | 9 | |
| 11352745028 | Polysaccharide | many sugars put together - many rings Ex. Cellulose, starch., glycogen | 10 | |
| 11352750575 | Starch | a polysaccharide found only in plants | 11 | |
| 11352756334 | Glycogen | a polysaccharide found in animals, sometimes called animal starch - stored in liver | 12 | |
| 11352761144 | Cellulose | a polysaccharide found only in plants - surrounds cell walls | 13 | |
| 11352767353 | Amino acid | the building blocks of proteins | 14 | |
| 11352773679 | Nucleotide | the building blocks of nucleic acids, composed of 1 sugar, 1 base, and 1 phosphate | 15 | |
| 11352778958 | Dipeptide | two amino acids put together, they are joined by a peptide bond | 16 | |
| 11352783368 | Glycerol | one of the building block of lipids; the backbone of a lipid | 17 | |
| 11352788935 | Fatty Acid | one of the building blocks of lipids; three of these make up the side chains of a lipid | 18 | |
| 11352809998 | amino group | NH2 |  | 19 |
| 11352821566 | fatty acid | Building Blocks of Lipids |  | 20 |
| 11352845017 | carbon dioxide | CO2 |  | 21 |
| 11352851711 | water | H2O |  | 22 |
| 11352865810 | Disaccharide |  | 23 | |
| 11352873535 | Methyl Group | CH3 |  | 24 |
| 11352885932 | Dipeptide | Two amino acids bonded together |  | 25 |
| 11352894550 | Glycerol |  | 26 | |
| 11352900593 | carboxyl group | COOH |  | 27 |
| 11352917416 | Amino acid |  | 28 | |
| 11352937146 | hydroxyl group |  | 29 |
