Water
Polar
CHO(carbon, hydrogen, oxygen)
What elements make up lipids?
CHO (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen)
What elements make up proteins?
CHON(S) (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur
What elements make up nucleic acids?
CHONP (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus)
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is the monomer of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharide
Why are the functions of lipids?
energy storage and structure
What is the monomer of proteins?
amino acids
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
nucleotide
Which part of water is partially negative?
Oxygen
What is the polymer of a carbohydrate?
Polysaccharide
What kind of fatty acid is liquid at room temperature?
unsaturated fatty acid
what bond holds together amino acids?
peptide bonds
What are the two polymers of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
Which property of water allows water to stick to other things?
adhesion
What are the two functions of carbohydrates?
quick energy and structure
What kind of fatty acid has no double bonds?
saturated fatty acids
What part of the amino acid makes one different from another?
R group (variable group)
What are the functions of nucleic acids
store genetic information and direct protein synthesis
What property of water states that it takes a lot of energy to raise the temperature of water?
High Specific Heat
What is the polysaccharide that gives bugs a crunchy shell?
Chitin
What lipid acts as a chemical messenger, or hormone, in the body?
What type of bond holds together the tertiary level of protein folding?
disulfide bridge
What are the base pairs in DNA, and what are the complementary pars?
A and T, C and G