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6115498563Inorganic compoundscompounds that do not contain carbon; water, salts, and many acids and bases0
6115500999Organic compoundscompounds that contain carbon; form macromolecules1
6115507022Anionatom that gained electrons (net negative charge)2
6115508098Cationatom that lost electrons (net positive charge)3
6115509220Ionscharged particles with unequal numbers of protons and electrons4
6115514561Acidsrelease H+; proton donors5
6115514907Basesrelease OH-; proton acceptors6
6115515529pH values of Acids0 - 6.997
6115516444pH values of Bases7.01 - 148
6115517560Neutral pH value79
6115518734polymersmolecules made of repetitive series of identical or similar subunits; "multiple legos"10
6115520069monomersan identical or similar subunit; "one lego"11
6115523651Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acidsorganic compounds, they contain carbon12
6115525927carbohydratescontain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen; CH2O13
6115528089carbohydrates are hydrophobic or hydrophilichydrophilic, they like water14
6115530067sacchar-, ose-sugar or sweet (suffixes)15
61155308073 types of carbohydratesmonosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides16
6115534299dehydration synthesislose water when two sugars are put together17
6115535917hydrolysismake water when two sugars are separated18
61155379513 major disaccharidessucrose, lactose, maltose19
6115538888sucroseglucose + fructose20
6115539553lactose (general makeup)galactose + glucose21
6115540480maltoseglucose + glucose22
6115543700polysaccharidespolymers of simple sugars23
6115544785glycogenpolysaccharide; important storage form of glucose in the human body24
6115546440starch (amylose)polysaccharide; main storage form of glucose in plants25
6115548163cellulosepolysaccharide; important structural molecule in plants; a dietary fiber when found in food26
6115557954carbohydrates (function)supply a source of cellular food; converted into glucose; quick energy source27
6115569206Lipids are hydrophilic or hydrophobic?hydrophobic; water and fats do not mix28
6115572438Lipids (examples)fatty acids, neutral fats (triglycerides), phospholipids, steroids, eicosanoids29
6115797782Neutral Fats (Triglycerides)Glycerol (head) + 3 fatty acids (tail)30
6115799323Neutral Fats (Triglycerides) (function)energy storage, insulation, shock absorption (adipose tissue)31
6115806581Phospholipidsmodified triglyceride; Glycerol + 2 fatty acids + 1 phosphate group; polar head and nonpolar tails32
6115815017Phospholipids are hydrophobic, hydrophilic, or both (amphiphilic)Amphiphilic; fatty acid tails are hydrophobic and phosphate head is hydrophilic33
6115821073Phospholipids (location)the structural basis of cell membranes34
6115833651Proteinsorganic macromolecule composed of combinations of 20 types of amino acids bound together with peptide bonds35
6115838215Amino acid (general makeup)central carbon with 3 attachments: amino group (NH2), carboxyl group (COOH), and radical group (R group)36
6115843849Properties of amino acid is determined by?Radical Group (R Group)37
6115858174Amino acids (what is it?)building block of proteins; made up of carboxyl group (COOH), amino group (NH2), and side chain (R Group)38
6115869934Peptide (what is it?)any molecule composed of two or more amino acids joined by peptide bonds39
6115874187Peptide bond (what is it)joins the amino group of one amino acid to the carboxyl group of the next; formed by dehydration synthesis40
6115915888Enzymesproteins that act as catalysts (speeds a process up)41
6115924695Nucleic acidsbipolymers made up of nucleotides42
6115931281nucleotides (what is it)building blocks of nucleic acids43
6115933834nucleotides (general makeup)3 components: nitrogenous base, sugar, and one or more phosphate groups44
6115941401ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) (what is it)source of immediately usable energy for the cell; best known nucleotide45
6115949116ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) (make up)Adenine (nitrogenous base) + ribose (sugar) + phosphate group (3)46
6115957967Nitrogen bases for nucleotide structuresAdenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), Thymine (T), Uracil (U)47
6115969459Types of ATPDNA & RNA48
6116093927DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) (what is it)double stranded helical molecule found in the nucleus of the cell49
6116098764DNA (what it contains)Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous bases (Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine)50
6116110159DNA (nitrogenous bases)Thymine (T), Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G)51
6116118236RNA (Ribonucleic Acid)single stranded molecule found in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of a cell52
6116122162RNAuses the nitrogenous base uracil instead of thymine53
6116124625DNAuses the nitrogenous base thymine instead of uracil54
6116126385Types of RNAmessenger RNA, transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA55
6116129877Nitrogenous Bases of RNAAdenine (A), Uracil (U), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G)56

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