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What is organic chemistry?
A branch of chemistry devoted to the study of molecules that have carbon as their central element
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What is food we eat broken down into?
Glucose
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Forms the external skeleton of the arthropods,all insects
Chitin
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What is a steroid molecule that forms part of the outer membrane of all animal cells and that acts as a precursor for many other steroids
Cholesterol
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The double membrane that lines the nucleus in eukaryotic cells.
Nuclear Envelope
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If the only elements that are present are hydrogen and carbon what is the name of the molecule.
Hydrocarbon
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A complex carbohydrate found in plants.
starch
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A class of molecules whose defining characteristics is that they do not readily dissolve in water.
Lipids
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A lipid composed of a single fatty acid linked to a long chain alcohol
Wax
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What serves as the site of protein synthesis in the cell?
Ribosomes
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what is a functional group?
A group of atoms that confers a special property on a carbon based molecule.
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What is the primary form of carbohydrate storage in animals?
glycogen
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A lipid molecule formed from 3 fatty acids bonded by glycerol?
Triglyceride
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A large folded chain of amino acids is??
Protein
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What is a nucleus?
A membrane-lined compartment that encloses the primary complement of DNA in Eukaryota cells
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What is a polymer?
A large molecule made up of many similar or identical sub units.
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A structural complex carbohydrate produced by plants and other organisms.
Cellulose
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A molecule found in many lipids that is composed of a hydrocarbon chain bonded to a carboxyl group.
Fatty Acid
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How many levels of protein structure are their?
Four
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Which endoplasmic reticulum has ribosomes on it?
Rough ER
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What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?
monosaccharides
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Our major source of insoluble fiber?
Cellulose
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A class of lipids that have a central element in their structure, Four carbon rings
Steroids
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What is critical to the functioning of all proteins?
shape
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What is life's fundamental unit.
The cell
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