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| 5247209735 | biomolecule | organic molecules found in all living organisms | 0 | |
| 5247209739 | monomer | The subunit that serves as the building block of a larger molecule. | 1 | |
| 5247209740 | polymer | A large molecule made of many subunits joined together. | 2 | |
| 5247339824 | hydrolysis | Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water | 3 | |
| 5247341323 | dehydration synthesis | A chemical reaction in which two molecules are bonded together with the removal of a water molecule. | 4 | |
| 5247209741 | grains, potatoes, pasta (starch), cellulose (plant walls), glycogen | polysaccharides | 5 | |
| 5247209742 | simple sugars like fructose, glucose | monosaccharides | 6 | |
| 5247209743 | meat, eggs, dairy | protein | 7 | |
| 5247209744 | butter, oil, waxes, steroids | lipids | 8 | |
| 5247590736 | What common monosaccharide is referred to as blood sugar? | glucose | 9 | |
| 5247747444 | What polysaccharide in the liver is used for energy storage? | glycogen | 10 | |
| 5247209745 | produced in photosynthesis, used in cellular respiration for energy | function of carbohydrates | 11 | |
| 5247209746 | used for energy storage, make up cell membranes | function of lipids | 12 | |
| 5247209747 | used for structure of cells, make up muscle | function of proteins | 13 | |
| 5247209748 | make up the genetic code in DNA that codes for proteins | function of nucleic acids | 14 | |
| 5247209749 | amino acid | monomer of proteins | 15 | |
| 5247209750 | monosaccharide | monomer of carbohydrates -- a single-ringed sugar | 16 | |
| 5247209751 | polysaccharide | polymer of carbohydrates -- a sugar made of many rings combined together. | 17 | |
| 5247209752 | protein (polypeptide) | a polymer formed of many amino acids | 18 | |
| 5247209753 | fatty acid chains attached to a glycerol | polymer of lipids | 19 | |
| 5247269005 | carbon rings | structure of carbohydrates | 20 | |
| 5247209756 | carbon bonded to an amine group (Nitrogen), carboxyl group (C=O), and R group | structure of an amino acid | 21 | |
| 5247209757 | nitrogen base, phosphate, and hydrogen bonded to a carbon ring | structure of a nucleotide | 22 | |
| 5247209755 | carbon chains | structure of lipids | 23 | |
| 5247209758 | nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids | 24 | |
| 5247209764 | carbohydrate (monosaccharide) picture |  | 25 | |
| 5247300302 | carbohydrate (polysaccharide) picture |  | 26 | |
| 5247209765 | lipid picture |  | 27 | |
| 5247209766 | amino acid picture |  | 28 | |
| 5247209767 | protein picture |  | 29 | |
| 5247209768 | nucleotide picture |  | 30 | |
| 5247209769 | nucleic acid picture |  | 31 | |
| 5247209770 | enzyme | protein with a special shape, binds to a substrate to catalyze a reaction | 32 | |
| 5247322149 | substrate | the reactant on which an enzyme works | 33 | |
| 5247209771 | catalyze | speed up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy | 34 | |
| 5247209772 | activation energy | energy required for a reaction to start | 35 | |
| 5247209773 | active site | place on an enzyme where the substrate binds | 36 |
