Carbon Chemistry
The number of bonds an atom of chemistry can form.
What is four?
The only functional group we discussed that has nitrogen.
What is an amine group?
The three monosaccharides.
What is glucose, galactose, and fructose.
This term means that lipids are insoluble in water.
What is hydrophobic.
A reaction where polymers are breaking down into monomers.
What is a catabolic reaction?
The type of bond carbon can form.
What is covalent?
The functional group comprised of an oxygen and hydrogen.
What is a hydroxyl group?
This dissacharride is often called "milk sugar."
What is lactose.
Phospholipids are this, meaning that they have a polar end and a nonpolar end.
What is amphipathic?
The specific name for double ringed nitrogenous bases.
What are purines (adenine and guanine)?
If a molecule has carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, it is considered this.
What is organic.
The atoms that a carboxylic acid is composed of.
What is carbon and oxygen and hydrogen.
What is starch.
This type of lipid covers the surface of leaves to prevent water loss.
What are waxes?
The three parts of a phospholipid.
An example of an inorganic molecule.
What is carbon dioxide.
The functional group on the top of a phospholipid.
What is a phosphate group.
What is glycogen.
These lipids are characterized by having 4 fused rings.
What are steroids?
Butter is an example of this type of fatty acid.
What is saturated fatty acid?
This type of condensation reaction is characterized by water loss in order to make a polymer.
What is dehydration synthesis (anabolic reaction).
The two functional groups that are found on an amino acid.
What is a carboxylic acid and an amine group?
This disaccharide is an intermediate molecule between glucose monomers and polysaccharides.
What is maltose.
The main long-term energy storage molecule in humans.
What are triglycerides?
Type of pentose sugar with an OH coming off of the 2' carbon.
What is ribose sugar?