Carbohydrate
What elements make up carbohydrates?
What is carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
What is the simplest form of nucleic acids?
What is nucleotides
What scale measures acidity and alkalinity?
What is the pH scale
What is the simplest type of carbohydrate?
What is a monosaccharide
What do nucleic acids do?
What is store genetic information.
Water molecules are held together by
What is a hydrogen bond or van der waals forces
List all 3 functions of lipids.
What is long term energy storage, insulation, protective coating/membranes
What are proteins made of? monomers
What is amino acids
A pH of 8
What is basic pH
Name one complex sugar
What is a starch, glycogen, cellulose, any polysaccharide
What are 2 examples of nucleic acids?
What is DNA and RNA
What is the polymer of a protein?
What is a polypeptide chain
The difference between polar and nonpolar molecules
What is polar has an uneven distribution of charges and nonpolar has an even distribution (neutral)
Name 2 simple sugars.
What is sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc
Which fat has a kink in the tail?
What is unsaturated
What three things make up a nucleotide?
What phosphate group, sugar, and nitrogenous base
Term for the change in shape of an enzyme due to pH level fluctuations
What is denaturization/denature