Water
Partial positive, partial negative
What makes a molecule polar?
Codes for genetic
What is the main function of nucleic acid
Ends in -ose.
What is the usual way of naming carbohydrates?
Saturated and unsaturated.
What are two types of fatty acids?
Ends in -ase
There are more h-bonds on the surface, causing it feel solid.
What is surface tension?
DNA/RNA
What are nucleic acid's polymers?
Starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin.
What are the four examples of carbohydrates?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen.
What elements make up lipids?
The bond between protein monomers to form polymers.
What are peptide bonds?
Makes it difficult to change the temperature.
What is high heat capacity?
Phosphodiester bond
What joins together nucleotides to form DNA/RNA?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
What elements make up carbohydrates?
What is one use of a lipid?
The basic structure of amino acids
What are amino groups, r-side chains, and carboxyl groups?
Why does water dissolve other polar substances?
Phosphate group, sugar, nitrogenous base
What is the general structure of a nucleotide?
1:2:1
What is the ratio of carbohydrate structures?
Ester bond
What bond do lipids have?
On/Off switch for enzymes?
What is allosteric regulation?
Evaporative cooling (with sweat)
How does the the body remove excess heat?
Deoxyribonucleicacid
What is the full word for DNA?
Glycosidic bond.
What is the bond of carbohydrates?
Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts.
What is amphipathic?
Splitting up substances and adding them.
What are catabolic and anabolic reactions?