Water Properties
Waters ability to stick together is called what?
Cohesion
What kind of synthesis adds water to a macromolecule?
Hydrolysis
Carbohydrates serve as ______- storage
Energy
All parts of an amino acid surround a centralized atom of ______
Carbon
Nucleic Acids make up 2 structures that contain genetic information: DNA and ________
RNA
Water molecules "sticking" together creates a "hard" surface water striders can stand on. This is known as what?
Surface Tension
Polymers are made up of building blocks known as _________
Monomers
Lipids tend to not affiliate with mater, making them ____________
Hydrophobic
There are ______ naturally occurring amino acids that serve as the "ingredients" of all proteins
20
The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide is programmed by a unit of inheritance called a _____
Gene
Ice floats because water will _______ when it freezes
Expand
Organic compounds always contain this element
Carbon
The most common types of carbohydrates are glucose and _______
Fructose
A linear sequence of amino acids linked by peptide chains is known as a _________ structure
Primary
The monomers of nucleic acids (nucleotides) that serve as a "ingredients" of DNA are: adenine, thymine, cytosine and _______
Guanine
Water can resist changes to temperature because it has a high __________
Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and _______ in a 1:2:1 ratio
Oxygen
When two monosaccharide combine to form a disaccharide, this process involves _________ synthesis
Dehydration
This type of bond is what strengthens a tertiary structure
Disulfide
All nucleic acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and ________
Phosphorus
Water can dissolve many chemicals, making it known as the universal ________
Solvent
-OH is the molecular formula for which functional group?
Hydroxyl
Unsaturated fatty acids have a ______- bond, forming a bend in the carbon chain
Double
Secondary structures can be shaped as an alpha-_____ or beta-sheet
Helix
Nucleotides are joined by covalent bonds that form between the -OH group of on the 3’ carbon of one nucleotide and the phosphate on the ___ carbon on the next
5'