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The smallest portion of an element found in the periodic chart.
What is a Atom?
An organic molecule produced by a living organism
What is Biomolecule?
A simple sugar
What is Monosaccharide
Water-hating; repelled by water
What is Hydrophobic?
An organic molecule molecule made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What is Carbohydrate?
A connection made between atoms when electrons are attached, shared, or transferred.
What is Chemical Bond.
Long chain of monomers.
What is Polymer?
A chemical combination of two or more atoms that forms a separate substance.
What is Molecule?
An electrically charged "atom" that has either gained or lost electrons.
What is Ion?
A nucleic acid molecule that contains ribose sugar.
What is Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
Another name for "sugar" or for a sugar polymer
Saccharide
A type of lipid that is used to waterproof leaves, skin, feathers, etc.
What is Wax
Type of lipid that helps to make up cell membranes
what is Phospholipid?
A chemical bond formed when elements share electrons.
What is Covalent Bond
A type of lipid that can be present in cell membranes or can make up certain hormones.
What is Steroid?
A chemical reaction that combines smaller molecules and forms water as a byproduct; the reaction is often used to form polymers
What is Condensation reaction
A type of steroid used in cell membranes and also used to make steroid hormones.
What is Cholesterol?
"water-loving"; attracted to water.
What is Hydrophilic?
A small molecule that may be chemically bonded to other like molecules to form a polymer.
What is Monomer?
The shape, similar to a twisted ladder, of a DNA molecule.
Double Helix
A polysaccharide made by plants to store energy.
What is Starch
A type of lipid used to store energy and a source of fatty acids.
What is Fat?
A fat that has one double carbon- to -carbon bond
What is Polyunsaturated Fat?
A polysaccharide made by animals cells to store energy.
What is Glycogen?
A type of lipid that helps to make up cell membranes.
Phospholipid