Functional Groups
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
100

What is a carboxyl group?

What is COOH?

100

What are the 3 main types of Lipids?

What are phospholipids, fats, and steroids?

100

What are the types of structures in proteins?

What is the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures?

100

What are the two types of Nucleic Acids?

What is DNA and RNA?

100

What is the general formula of Carbohydrates?

What is CH2O?

200

What is a sulfydryl group?

What is SH?

200

What are the three fatty acids connected to?

What does that combination create?

Glycerol

Triglyceride

200

What are the 2 R-Groups that have Sulfur?

What is Methionine and Cysteine?

200

What sugars are found in DNA and RNA?

What is Deoxyribose and Ribose (Respectively)?

200

What are the 3 types of Carbs?

what are Mono-, Di-, and Polysaccharides?

300

What is an aldehyde and ketone?

What is the double bond at the end and double bond in the middle?

300

When there is a phosphate group connected to a triglyceride, what does that create?

What is a Phospholipid?

300

What is an example of a protein with a quarternary structure?

What is Hemoglobin?

300

What are pyrimidines and purines?

Pyrimidines (Thymine, Cysteine, and Uracil)

Purines (Adenine and Guanine)

300

What is a glycosidic linkage?

What is the Dehydration of 2 or more disaccharides?

400

What is the formula of a phosphate group?

PO42-

400

What types of fatty acids are in animals and which types are in plants?

Saturated (Straight) for animals, no double bond carbons

Unsaturated (Kink) for plants, 1 or more double bond carbons

400

What happens when proteins are denatured by acid?

What is an acidic R-Group being attracted to hydronium ions?

400

What are the 2 things that RNA can become?

What are Ribosomes and mRNA?

400

What is the simplest form of starch?

What is Amylose/amylopectin?

500

What is a cis- and trans- isomer?

Cis- same side

Trans- opposite

500

What are the three most common hormones in the human body?

Testosterone, cholesterol, estrogen (estrodile)

500

What is a Zwitterion?

What is the most commonly found base form of an amino acid?

500

What is sickle cell disease?

What is sickle shaped red blood cells that inhibit the travel and movement of oxygen in the blood stream leading to blackened limbs?

500

What is the highly branched polymer of Glucose?

What is Glycogen?