Polymers
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
100
Name the process of polymers breakdown with help of water
hydrolysis
100
Name of complex molecules that are composed of 3 or more monosaccharides
polysaccharides
100
Why are fats hydrophobic?
because of the relatively nonpolar C-H bonds
100
What are the building blocks of proteins?
amino acids
100
Is thymine found in RNA or DNA?
DNA
200
Name the reaction in wich two monomers are connected by the loss of a water molecule
condensation reaction or dehydration synthesis
200
Monosaccharide found in fruits and sweets:_________
fructose
200
A phospholipid has hydrophobic _________ and a hydrophilic __________
tails, head
200
What is the type of covalent bond between amino acids?
peptide bond
200
How does RNA and DNA differ?
-type of sugar they contain -how many strands they contain -by the bases they contain -by their function
300
What kind of molecule facilitates the dehydration process?
enzymes
300
What is the generalized structure of a carbohydrate?
(CH2O)n
300
What are the building blocks for a triglyceride?
glycerol + 3 fatty acids
300
How many different types of amino acid are used to make proteins?
20
300
The complementary base sequence in the second strand of DNA for the base sequence CCGATT would be
GGCTAA
400
How many molecules of water are needed to completely hydrolyze a polymer that is ten monomers long?
9
400
What is the structural polyssacharide in animals?
chitin
400
What kind of bonds would a saturated fatty acid have in its hydrocarbon tail? (double bonds, single bonds, triple bonds, mixed)
only single bonds
400
When a protein is boiled, it loses all levels of organization besides the primary level. When this happens, the protein is said to be:
denatured
400
What are the three pyrimidines?
Cytosine, Thymine (DNA), and Uracil (RNA)
500
The chemical formula C6H12O6 could stand for:
carbohydrate
500
Sucrose is formed by a dehydration synthesis between:_____
glucose and fructose
500
To convert a triglyceride into a phospholipid, one important change is:__________
1 fatty acid is removed
500
What kind of bond maintains the secondary structure of a protein?
hydrogen bonds
500
A single enzyme is specified by a single _____________
gene
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