Carbon and Polymers
Carbon is tetravalent. What does this mean?
It has 4 valence electrons
What is a monomer for a carbohydrate called?
What are the 2 components lipids usually have?
Glycerol head and fatty acid tail(s)
What is the monomer of a protein?
Amino Acids
What does the NA in DNA stand for?
Nucleic Acid
What does it mean if we say a molecule is organic?
It contains carbon
What suffix of a word indicates that it is a piece of a carbohydrate?
-ose
What would a molecule with 3 fatty acid tails be called?
Triglyceride
What kind of covalent bonds form in proteins?
Peptide bonds
What is the primary function of DNA?
Storing genetic information or code
A polymer is created through the process of ________.
Dehydration synthesis
What polysaccharide would be found in the cell wall in a grass cell?
Cellulose
True or false? Saturated fats are indicated by the double bonded carbons in their fatty acid tails.
False
Name every level of protein folding.
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
What other monomer is included in a nucleotide?
How many water molecules would be required to fully break up a polymer 206 monomers long?
205
What category of glucose isomer is used to store energy?
Alpha
What kind of lipid is ampipathic?
Phospholipids
What level of protein folding is associated with H bonds?
Secondary
Would a nucleotide with a thymine base be DNA or RNA?
DNA
What are the 2 components of a molecule that are removed and combined during dehydration synthesis?
H and OH
What kind of covalent bond is between 2 monosaccharides?
Glycosidic linkage
Describe how a trans fat could be distinguished from a cis fat.
H on opposite sides of the C double bonds
When you cook an egg, you are ________ the proteins.
Denaturing
What are the covalent bonds between nucleotides called?
Phosphodiester bonds