Carbon & Water
This element has 4 valence electrons.
What is carbon?
A single sugar molecule such as a glucose or fructose.
What is a monosaccharide?
monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
monomer of nucleic acids
What is a nucleotide?
When a slightly positive hydrogen atom is attracted to a slightly negative atom.
What is a hydrogen bond?
Carbohydrates made up of two or more monosaccharides
What is a polysaccharide?
a lipid used to send chemical signals
What is a steroid?
Bonds between amino acids in a protein
What is a peptide bond?
a single stranded nucleic acid
What is RNA?
A covalent bond between atoms that differ in electronegativity.
What is a polar covalent bond?
A carbohydrate made of two monosaccharides
What is a disaccharide?
a lipid containing a phosphate group that is the primary part of cell membranes
What is a phospholipid?
a polymer of amino acids
What is a polypeptide?
double stranded nucleic acid
What is DNA?
Describes a molecule (like water) with partially positive and partially negative charged regions.
What is polar?
A polysaccharide used of many connected glucose molecules. Used by animals.
What is glycogen?
A polysaccharide of many glucose molecules. Used by plant.
What is starch?
What is an R group?
Functions include storing and transmitting genetic information
What is a nucleic acid?
A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the removal of a water molecule.
What is a condensation reaction or dehydration reaction?
Polysaccharide found in arthropod exoskeletons and the cell walls of fungi
What is chitin?
a lipid made of three fatty acid molecules and one glycerol
What is a triglyceride?
Functions include controlling reaction rates, regulating cell processes, and cell transport
What is a protein?
Which of the elements is only in nucleic acids?
What is phosphorus?