Organic Molecules
Information storage macromolecules (general group).
What are nucleic acids?
Occupies space and has mass.
What is matter?
Macromolecules that are the first source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
Monomer of Lipids.
What are fatty acids (or fatty acids and glycerol) ?
Solute in a solution of lemonade.
What is lemonade mix or lemon juice and sugar?
Type of organic molecule that an enzyme is.
What is a protein?
The three sub-atomic particles that make up an atom and their charges.
What are protons (+), neutrons (neutral) and electrons(-)?
Relationship between electrons in a covalent bond.
What is shared?
Needed for hydrolysis to occur.
What is water?
Water molecules attracted to each other.
What is cohesion?
What element must be present in all organic compounds?
What is a carbon?
Macromolecule animals use to store energy.
What are lipids?
Atom with an unequal balance of protons and electrons.
What is an ion?
How an ion is formed. (Be very specific)
What is when an atom gains or loses an electron?
Reaction that forms biological polymers.
What is dehydration synthesis?
Why cold water sinks.
What is the density of cold water is higher than warm?
Proteins are a chain of this type of monomer.
What are amino acids?
Macromolecules with complex folds.
What are proteins?
Type of molecule created when electrons are shared unequally.
What is a polar molecule?
Unique bonding property of carbon that makes it vital for living organisms.
What is
- forms bonds with 4 other atoms
- flexible structures (can form rings or bonds)
Purpose of hydrolysis in living organisms.
What is to break down large macromolecules into parts?
What is polar molecules?
Monomer of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
Special name for the macromolecule that makes up the majority of the cell membrane AND characteristics of its two ends.
What is a (lipid) phospholipid with a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head?
Pure substance made of only one kind of atom.
What is an element?
In order from first used to last, order in which organisms use macromolecules for energy.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids (never used)?
Six most common elements in living organisms.
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur?
Why the temperature of water doesn’t change easily.
What is high specific heat?