Biochemical Molecules
Chemical Formulas
Hydrocarbons
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100
Any carbon-based compound found in living things.
What is a biochemical compound?
100
The formula for alkynes.
What is CnH2n-2.
100
Carbon-based compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen.
What is a hydrocarbon?
100
Large molecule that consists of many smaller molecules joined together by covalent bonds.
What is a polymer?
100
DNA and RNA are examples of what?
What are nucleic acids?
200
Biochemical compound such as sugar, starch, or cellulose that contains oxygen in addition to carbon and hydrogen.
What is a carbohydrate?
200
The formula for a cyclic alkane.
What is CnH2n.
200
Unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains at least one double bond between carbon atoms.
What is an alkene?
200
Unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon that has a strong aroma and alternating single and double bonds between carbon atoms.
What is an aromatic hydrocarbon?
200
Fat and oils are examples of what?
What are lipids?
300
Biochemical compound such as fat or oil that contains oxygen in addition to carbon and hydrogen and is made up of long carbon chains.
What is a lipid?
300
The formula for a straight/branched alkane.
What is CnH2n+2.
300
Unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains at least one triple bond between carbon atoms.
What is an alkyne?
300
Small molecule that forms covalent bonds with other such molecules to produce a large molecule.
What is a monomer?
300
Sugars and starches are examples of what?
What are carbohydrates?
400
Biochemical compound that contains oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, in addition to carbon and hydrogen.
What is a protein?
400
The formula for alkenes.
What is CnH2n.
400
Saturated hydrocarbon that contains only single bonds between carbon atoms.
What is an alkane?
400
Compound that has the same chemical formula as another compound, but has molecules with a different shape and may have somewhat different properties.
What is an isomer?
400
Biochemical catalyst that speeds up chemical reactions in living things.
What is an enzyme?
500
Biochemical compound that contains oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus in addition to carbon and hydrogen.
What is nucleic acid?
500
Single, double, or triple bonds.
What is the difference between alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.
500
Plastic and fuel are two examples of things made from this material.
What are hydrocarbons?
500
Process in which plants and certain other organisms use light energy to synthesize glucose and release oxygen from carbon dioxide and water.
What is photosynthesis?
500
Process in which the cells of living things break down glucose with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water, and energy.
What is cellular respiration?
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