Atoms, pH, and Water
This word refers to a substance that cannot be broken down into another substance by ordinary chemical means.
What is an Element?
The monomer of carbohydrates.
What is monosaccharide?
Monomer of proteins.
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What is nucleotide?
Fats and oils are used for long term_______ ________.
What is energy storage?
These two subatomic particles can be found inside the nucleus.
What are protons and neutrons?
The main function of carbohydrates.
What is an energy source?
This is the bond made when one amino acid links to another.
What is peptide bond?
This type of nucleic acid is double stranded and codes for our genetic makeup.
This fatty acid has at least one double bond in its carbon chain.
What is unsaturated fatty acid?
The sum of protons and neutrons.
What is mass number?
Crab, lobster, and insect exoskeletons are made of this carbohydrate.
What is chitin?
There are ______ different amino acids.
What is 20?
This nucleic acid is single stranded and codes for proteins.
What is RNA?
This fatty acid has no double bond between the carbon atoms.
What is saturated fatty acid?
Ice is less dense than liquid water. This refers to which property of water?
This carbohydrate is a structural component in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
This is the central atom of an amino acid molecule.
This nitrogenous base is only used in DNA and not RNA.
What is thymine (T)?
These solutions either take up hydrogen ions or release hydroxide ions.
What are basic solutions?
The polymer of carbohydrates.
What is polysaccharide?
One example of a protein source that we eat.
Meat, beans/lentils, tofu, fish.
This nitrogenous base is used in RNA only.
What is Uracil (U)?
This lipid is made of four fused rings and is derived from cholesterol.