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The complexity and variety of organic molecules is due to
the chemical versatility of carbon atoms.
Building blocks of proteins are?
What is amino acids
Are lipids true polymers
Of course they are not
Name of the reaction that would join fatty acids to a glycerol molecule.
Dehydration synthesis reaction
If a carbohydrate is made up of two glucose molecules then it is said to be a.....
Disaccharide
Monomers are amino acids, what is the polymer?
polypeptides (proteins)
Why are hydrocarbons insoluble in water?
The majority of their bonds are nonpolar covalent carbon-to-hydrogen linkages.
What is the component of a nucleotide
What is 5 carbon sugar, Phosphate and Nitrogenous Base
What are the monomers of carbohydrates?
What are monosaccarides
List 2 polysaccarides found in plants
What is starch and cellulose
How many bonds does carbon form?
4
List and describe the 4 structures of proteins?
What is Primary, Secondary, Teritiary, Quaternary
What are the parts of a phospholipid?
Hydrophillic head and two hydrophobic fatty acid tails
Name 3 polysaccarides
What is Cellulose, Glycogen, Starch
Glucose is a ....
monosaccharide
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen only make up these two macromolecules?
Carbohydrates and lipids
Amino acids are held together by?
What is Peptide bonds
Which two functional groups are always found in amino acids?
Amino group and carboxyl group
What reaction would break a peptide bond?
hydrolysis
Which type of fat has all single bonds and is solid at room temperature and can contribute to atherosclerosis?
Saturated fats
Monomer of nucleic acids are?
What is Nucleotides
correctly describe cis-trans isomers
They have variations in arrangement around a double bond
What is the name of the bond between monosaccharides?
glycosidic linkage
What are enantiomers?
Isomers that are mirror images of each other.
Type of fats that are liquid at room temp.
unsaturated fats