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3.1
Carbon
3.2
Carbohydrates
3.3
Nucleic Acids
3.4
Proteins
3.5
Lipids
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The chemical symbol for Carbon.
What is C?
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A loosely defined group of molecules that all contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in the molar ratio 1:2:1.
What are carbohydrates?
100
The actual name of DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
100
Linear polymers made with 20 different amino acids.
What are proteins?
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Loosely defined group of molecules with one main chemical characteristic
What are Lipids?
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The molecules only consisting of carbon and hydrogen.
What is hydrocarbon?
200
The kind of carbohydrate that a lactose can be classified as.
What is a disaccharide?
200
The acronym for ribonucleic acid.
What is RNA?
200
The subunit structure from which proteins are produced.
What are amino acids?
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Composed of: Glycerol, 2 fatty acids – nonpolar “tails” & A phosphate group – polar “head”
What are Phospholipids?
300
The amount of electron pairs carbon shares in order to complete its valence shell.
What is 4?
300
A storage polysaccharide, that consists of alpha-glucose molecules linked in long chains.
What is starch?
300
The amount of carbons linked together to form nucleic acid.
What is 5?
300
The covalent bond that links two amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
300
Composed of 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids
What is an Trygliceride?
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The organic molecules having the same molecular or empirical formula that can exist in different forms.
What are isomers?
400
A type of starch with a simple structure.
What is amylose?
400
These subunits consist of: a pentose, a phosphate, and an organic nitrogen.
What are nucleotides.
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The level of protein structure where interactions between the side chains (R groups) are most important.
What is the tertiary level?
400
A fat composed of fatty acids in which all the internal Carbon atoms contain maximum possible number of Hydrogen atoms.
What is a saturated fat?
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A reaction that breaks a bond by adding water.
What is hydrolysis?
500
The animal form of starch.
What is glycogen?
500
The energy currency of the cell.
What is ATP?
500
These are composed of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds.
What are polypeptides.
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A fat molecule in which one or more of the fatty acids contain fewer than the maximum number of Hydrogens attached to their Carbons
What is an unsaturated fat?