5036837692 | Organic molecules ____________ | have carbon and hydrogen; determine structure and function of living things | 0 | |
5036845492 | inorganic molecules | opposite of organic molecules but they can also play important role in living things ( liek salts :) | 1 | |
5036853576 | single bond | sharing 1 electron in a covelant bond | 2 | |
5036856206 | double bond | sharing 2 electrons | 3 | |
5036860003 | triple bond | sharing 3 electrons | 4 | |
5036867513 | polar molecules | attracted to water molecules; hydrophilic | 5 | |
5036872976 | nonpolar molecules | insoluble w/ water and repell it; hydrophobic | 6 | |
5036892755 | isomers | molecules with identical formulas but differ in arrangement of atoms | 7 | |
5036906157 | monosaccharides, glycerol, fatty acid, amino acid, nucleotides | small organic molecules that can serve as monomers (subunit of polymers) | 8 | |
5036912218 | polymer | large macromolecules | 9 | |
5036918299 | the four classes of polymers: | carbohydrates (polysaccharides), lipids (triglycerides), protiens (polypeptides), and nucleic acids ( RNA & DNA) | 10 | |
5036942261 | monosaccharides | simple sugars with carbon backbone of 3 - 7 carbon atoms | 11 | |
5036956565 | hydrolysis reactions | breaks down polymers; a hydroxl group attaches to one monomer and hydrogen attaches to another | 12 | |
5036970907 | glucose = fructose | ( C6H12O6) | 13 | |
5039807568 | glucose + fructose = | sucrose :D | 14 | |
5039810867 | shape of molecules | determine how they interact with one another | 15 | |
5039823298 | ribose and deoxyribose: | pentose ( five carbon sugars), contribute to the backbone of RNA and DNA | 16 | |
5039850964 | disaccharides contain | 2 monosaccharides ( joined by condensation) | 17 | |
5040050014 | galactose + glucose = | lactose | 18 | |
5040054372 | maltose = | 2 glucose molecules; forms during starch digestion | 19 | |
5040062876 | sucrose | ![]() | 20 | |
5040065816 | maltose | ![]() | 21 | |
5040070950 | polysaccharides | are chains of glucose molecules/ modified glucose molecules | 22 | |
5040076125 | starch | straight chain of glucose molecules w/ branches | 23 | |
5040080683 | starch cellulose glycogen - (easy) | (c)- glucose bonded to form mocrofibrils, constituent of plant cell walls (g)- highly branched polymer of glucose with many branches ( called animal starch), carbohydrates storage in animal liver | ![]() | 24 |
5040123965 | Chitin | a polymer of glucose with amino acids, consitituent of crabs and insects and stuff like that :0 | 25 |
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