Water Properties
The unequal sharing of electrons within a water molecule contributes to water's ability to dissolve many substances, making it the “universal solvent.”
What is polarity?
the name of monomers of carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides?
this hydrophilic molecule helps make up fats.
What is glycerol?
This is the monomer of proteins.
What are amino acids?
These are the monomers of nucleic acids.
what are nucleotides?
Ice floats because of this property of water’s solid form.
What is lower density due to hydrogen bonding?
The name of polymers of carbohydrates
What are polysaccharides?
This type of fatty acid is saturated with hydrogens and has no double bonds.
What is a saturated fatty acid?
This is the composition of the basic structure of amino acids.
What is a central carbon? What is an amino group? What is a carboxyl group? What is a hydrogen atom? What is a variable R side chain?
These are the 2 types of nucleic acids.
What is DNA & RNA?
Water’s ability to climb thin tubes against gravity is called this, and only happens when adhesion is greater than cohesion.
What is capillary action?
This example of a monosaccharide can be broken down in cellular respiration to provide energy for our cells.
What is glucose?
This type of lipid is composed of 4 fused rings.
What are steroids/sterols?
This determines the function of proteins.
What is the shape of a protein?
These are the two types of nitrogenous bases.
What are pyrimidines and purines?
Water stabilizes temperatures because it has a high _______.
What is specific heat?
This structural polysaccharide makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods.
What is chitin?
This hydrophobic molecule helps make up fats.
What are fatty acids?
This type of bond joins together amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
The main difference between the 2 sugars deoxyribose and ribose.
What is one less oxygen atom in a deoxyribose sugar?
The ability for water to resist external force, allowing water striders to walk on water.
What is surface tension?
This type of polysaccharide stores energy in plants.
What is cellulose?
This type of lipid is the main component in cell membranes.
What are phospholipids?
This type of bond is what makes secondary structures in proteins, causing coils and folding within the polypeptide backbone.
What is hydrogen bonding?
A phosphate group binds to this carbon in the pentose sugar of every nucleotide.
What is the 5' carbon?