7323945727 | Monomer | small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers | 0 | |
7323949784 | Polymer | large compound formed from combinations of many monomers | 1 | |
7323952806 | Carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body | 2 | |
7323958183 | monosaccharide | single sugar molecule | 3 | |
7323960542 | polysaccharide | large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides | 4 | |
7323965812 | lipid | macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; includes fats, oils, and waxes | 5 | |
7323971799 | Nucleic Acid | macromolecule containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus | 6 | |
7323975685 | Nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base | 7 | |
7323979781 | protein | macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, needed by the body for growth and repair and to make up enzymes | 8 | |
7323984826 | amino acid | compound with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other end | 9 | |
7323988230 | chemical reaction | process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals | 10 | |
7323990542 | reactant | element or compound that enters into a chemical reaction | 11 | |
7323995496 | product | element or compound produced by a chemical reaction | 12 | |
7323997062 | activation energy | energy needed to get a reaction started | 13 | |
7323999163 | catalyst | substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction | 14 | |
7324003638 | enzyme | protein that acts as a biological catalyst | 15 | |
7324005482 | substrate | reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction | 16 |
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