A form of the element carbon in which the atoms are arranged in a rigid and orderly structure, making it extremely strong.
What is diamond?
A substituted hydrocarbon with one or more of the —COOH (carboxyl) group of atoms.
What is carboxylic acid?
A very large organic compound made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus; examples are DNA and RNA.
What is a nucleic acid?
A monomer of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
A form of carbon that consists of atoms arranged in the shape of a hollow sphere.
What is fullerene or buckyball?
DAILY DOUBLE A — Carbon with a single bond to a hydroxyl group and a double bond to an oxygen atom.
What is a carboxyl group?
One of 20 kinds of organic compounds that are the monomers of proteins.
What is an amino acid?
Dairy products such as buttermilk and yogurt contain a carboxylic acid called...
What is lactic acid?
List the two major groups of lipids.
What are saturated and unsaturated?
Contains the five-carbon sugar ribose.
What is RNA?
A complex carbohydrate made of glucose monomers, which human digestive systems cannot break the bonds of.
What is cellulose?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid, one type of nucleic acid.
What is DNA?