Vocab
Smallest, stable unit of matter made of protons, neutrons, & electrons
What is an atom?
Attracts to water
What is hydrophilic?
A hydrophobic far for long term energy
What is a lipid?
Info on mRNA made into a specific sequence of amino acids to make a protein
What is translation?
A molecule with an amino group, an acid group, and a side chain belongs to this biological molecule
What is an amino acid?
A form of matter that has characteristic chemical properties
What is a substance?
Repels water
What is hydrophobic?
Complex polypeptides important in cell structure and function
What is a protein?
Nucleotide bases sequence on DNA that codes for a macromolecule
What is a gene?
7 on the pH scale is this
What is neutral?
A pure substance made of an unique atom
What is an element?
Molecules of a substance attracted to its own molecules
What is cohesive?
DNA + RNA make proteins and pass on traits to the next generation
What is a nucleic acid?
These have carbon atoms and twice as many H atoms as O atoms.
What are carbohydrates?
An unlinked phosphate group on a DNA strand
What is the 5' end?
2+ atoms (same or different) form a unit with specific chemical properties
What is a molecule?
Molecules attracted to other similar substances
What is adhesive?
DNA copies to make 2 duplicate double helixes
What is replication?
What is a triglyceride?
An unlinked sugar group at the end of a DNA strand
What is the 3' end?
2+ atoms from different elements held together by chemical bonds
What is a compound?
CH2O type macromolecule for short term energy
What is a carbohydrate?
DNA makes messenger RNA (mRNA)
What is transcription?
Monosaccharide + monosaccharide = dissaccharide + water, called this kind of reaction
What is dehydration reaction?
A phosphate group, a sugar, and nitrogenous base (e.g. adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil) form this
What is a nucleotide?