Biology Concepts and Connections 5th Edition
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| 1853728131 | Hydrophilic | Attracts water molecules |  | 0 |
| 1853728132 | Hydrophobic | Avoids water molecules |  | 1 |
| 1853728133 | Monomer | A chemical part that serves as a building block of a polymer |  | 2 |
| 1853728134 | Polymer | A compound consisting of repeated linked monomers. | | 3 |
| 1853805147 | Dehydration synthesis reaction | A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the removal of a water molecule. |  | 4 |
| 1853728136 | Hydrolysis | Process that breaks bonds between two molecules by the addition of water; Disassembles polymers to monomers. |  | 5 |
| 1853728137 | Carbohydrates | Sugars and starches |  | 6 |
| 1853728138 | Monosaccharide | A monomer; a single sugar molecule such as glucose or fructose, the simplest type of sugar. |  | 7 |
| 1853728139 | Disaccharide | Polymers; a double sugar, consisting of two monosaccharides joined by dehydration synthesis. |  | 8 |
| 1853728140 | Polysaccharide | Polymers; made up of more than two monosaccharides; joined by dehydration synthesis. Examples: starch, glycogen, and cellulose. |  | 9 |
| 1853728141 | Lipids | Fats, oils, and waxes. |  | 10 |
| 1853728142 | Triglyceride | 3 fatty acids attached to glycerol |  | 11 |
| 1853728143 | Protein | Polymer made of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. |  | 12 |
| 1853728144 | Amino acid | Monomers of protein; 20 different amino acids. |  | 13 |
| 2927072982 | Enzyme | A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing |  | 14 |
| 2927363716 | Substrate | reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction | | 15 |
| 2927370484 | Active Site | Region of an enzyme into which a particular substrate fits. |  | 16 |
| 2927367013 | Enzyme - Substrate Complex | When the enzyme and substrate are combined |  | 17 |
| 2927074798 | Catalyst | A substance that lowers the activation energy of a reaction and speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction. See: Enzyme. |  | 18 |
| 1853728145 | Denaturation | A change in the structure and function of a protein |  | 19 |
| 1853728146 | Nucleic acids | Polymers; DNA and RNA |  | 20 |
| 1853728147 | Nucleotides | Monomers of DNA and RNA; composed of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous bases |  | 21 |
