Water
A special type of intermolecular force experienced by water that interacts with polar molecules
What is Hydrogen bonding?
The monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
the monomer of carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides??
building blocks of lipids
What are glycerol and fatty acids?
The monomer of DNA and RNA
What is nucleotide?
The chemical structure of water
What is H2O?
Hydrogen bonds between the backbone: alpha hela or beta pleated sheet
What is the secondary structure of a protein?
structure (cellulose) and storage (starch)
What is the functions of carbohydrates?
The part of a phospholipid that points out on a membrane
What is a phosphate group?
The macromolecule that stores genetic information
What is DNA?
in order the property of water: sticking to itself, sticking to other structures
What is cohesion and adhesion?
Interactions between R groups
What is the tertiary structure of a protein?
The three organic molecules of carbohydrates
What is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
A fatty acid with only single bonds in the chain
What is saturated fatty acid?
the macromolecule that translates genetic information into proteins
What is RNA?
The result of water cohesion that allows one to skip rocks
What is surface tension?
Bond between carboxyl and amino groups
What is a peptide bond?
nutrients that are required by the body in lesser amounts for its growth and development. They play a major role in the metabolic activities of the body. These include vitamins and minerals.
What are the macronutrients?
4 fused rings
What is the structure of a steroid?
the 5 nitrogenous bases of DNA and RNA
What are Uracil, Thymine, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine?