Water You Gonna Do?
Water molecules interact with one another through this type of intermolecular interaction
What is "hydrogen bonding?"
These macromolecules are used primarily for storing and providing the chemical energy that fuels cellular activity
What are carbohydrates and lipids?
There are 20 different versions of this type of molecule inside every living thing
What is an amino acid?
This foreign letter, written next to atoms in particular situations, is used to denote partial charges
What is delta?
Foie gras (duck/goose liver) contains small quantities of this carbohydrate.
What is glycogen?
Water's ability to dissolve and mix with a huge variety of organic and inorganic molecules has earned it this nickname
What is "the solvent of life"?
Molecules of this type of lipid all share this feature - four fused carbon rings
What are steroids?
This macromolecule is always negatively charged due to the presence of a phosphate group in its monomer
What is a nucleic acid?
Hydrogen bonds are a specific type of this intermolecular interaction
Dipole-dipole
This portion of the molecule distinguishes one amino acid from the other.
What is the R-group (sidechain)?
Sodium chloride, an ionic compound, readily dissolves in water due to this fundamental feature of the molecule
What is its polarity?
This indigestible polysaccharide is considered a necessary part of a healthy diet.
What is cellulose?
This level of protein structure is defined by the primary chain of amino acids folding into predictable shapes
What is secondary structure?
Oxygen and fluorine have an electronegativity difference of 0.54. A bond between these two would see the shared electrons closer to this element
What is fluorine?
This molecule sounds pretty sweet, but is actually a component of most edible oils
What is glycerol?
Rainforests and coastal regions experience minimal daily shifts in temperature when compared to deserts due to this property of water
What is high specific heat?
This type of molecule spontaneously forms bubble-like structures when in an aqueous environment.
What is a phospholipid?
One strand of DNA reads as follows: TATAGGCC
The other strand reads:
What is ATATCCGG?
OO, OC, CH, CC. One of these bonds is not like the other.
What is OC?
Nitrogen is needed in our diets for the synthesis of these two types of macromolecules.
What are nucleic acids and proteins?
These properties of water are responsible for its ability to travel up through the xylem of plants against the force of gravity
What is cohesion and adhesion?
This monosaccharide is the sweetest, but is not worth more calories than its more important relative
What is fructose?
Hydrogen bonding between adjacent nucleobases is also known as this.
What is base pairing?
Intermolecular interactions are driven by this fundamental force of nature.
What is electromagnetism?
The five nucleobases
What are adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, and uracil?