This is the general name of a molecule with a -OH functional group added to it.
What is an alcohol?
100
During this process, water is used in order to break a polymer into smaller monomers.
What is hydrolysis?
100
This part of the phospholipid is nonpolar. Because it is nonpolar, it tends to avoid water.
What is the tail? (The tail is hydrophobic!)
100
Proteins have 4 levels of structure. The 1st level is defined by this.
What is the amino acid sequence?
100
This type of hydrocarbon has at least one double bond.
What is alkene?
200
The two types of molecules made from the carbonyl group.
What are ketones and aldehydes?
200
This is the dietary fiber in a human diet that is indigestible.
What is cellulose?
200
A triglyceride is made of these pieces.
What is 3 fatty acids and a glycerol?
200
This is the monomer of proteins. There are 20 of them.
What are amino acids?
200
An alkyne with 188 hydrogen atoms has this number of carbon atoms.
What is 95 Carbon atoms?
300
The addition of these elements give the molecule an ending of "-oic acid."
What is -COOH?
300
This monosaccharide has a hexagonal shape.
What is glucose?
300
You are most likely to find this type of lipid within a cell membrane.
What is a phospholipid?
300
The type of bond in a tertiary structure.
What is a disulfide bond?
300
The name of a hydrocarbon with 4 carbons and a double bond connecting the 1st and 2nd carbons.
What is butene? (or 1-butene)
400
This is the molecular formula for propanol.
What is C3H7OH?
400
Glucose and fructose are unique. They have the different structures, but they share this common molecular formula.
What is C6H12O6?
400
Steroids are used as signalling molecules. Some examples are estrogen and testosterone. This defining characteristic allows scientists to easily recognize the chemical structure of steroids.
What is four fused carbon rings?
400
Enzymes can be turned on or off. This method involves bonding a different molecule to the enzyme in order to change the shape of its active site.
What is allosteric regulation?
400
This unique relationship exists between 2-Heptene and 3-Heptene. Or another example might be 2-Octyne and 3-Octyne.
What is structural isomers?
500
This molecule consists of 7 carbons in a row with a -NH2 attached to the 5th carbon.
What is "3-Heptanamine?"
500
This is the bond that connects two different glucose molecules in a starch.
What is a glycocidic linkage?
500
Fats are very efficient at energy storage. They hold this number of calories per every gram.
What is 9?
500
An amino acid is composed of an R group, which varies, and these 2 other groups.