Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
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The monomer of a carbohydrate.
What is a Monosaccharide
100
True or false: Lipids are Hydrophilic
False
100
The monomer of a protein
What is an amino acid
100
The monomer of a nucleic acid
What is a Nucleotide
100
A chemical reaction where water reacts with a molecule to break it down into smaller molecules
What is Hydrolysis
200
Monosaccharides are held together by these types of bonds
What are Glycosidic Bonds
200
The lipid that makes up most of the cell membrane
What are Phospholipids
200
The polymer of a protein
What is a polypeptide
200
The name of the bond that connects nucleotides.
What are phosphodiester bonds
200
Molecules containing both polar and nonpolar portions in their structure
What are amphipathic molecules?
300
The main carbohydrate found in the cell wall of plants.
What is Cellulose
300
An small ion will pass through a membrane through simple diffusion T/F
False
300
Amino acids are held together through by these types of bonds.
What are Peptide Bonds
300
The three components (the parts that make up) a nucleotide.
What are: A sugar, A nitrogen base, and a phosphate group
300
Difference between ribose and deoxyribse
Ribose sugar has a hydroxyl (OH) group at 2 Carbon, whereas deoxyribose sugar has a hydrogen (H) atom at 2 carbon
400
True or False: Glucose is a carbohydrate.
True
400
Unsaturated Fats are liquid at room temperature because of this
What are double bonds that cause kinks?
400
Hydrogen bonds between atoms in the polypeptide backbone create this
What is secondary structure
400
Differences between RNA and DNA (3 part answer)
DNA is double-stranded, while RNA is single-stranded. The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose, whereas RNA contains ribose.DNA uses the bases ATCG while RNA uses AUCG
400
Facilitated diffusion requires....
What is a membrane protein?
500
Starch and glycogen have this type of glycosidic linkage
What is an alpha glycosidic linkage?
500
Phospholipds are made up of
What is a glycerol that is linked to a phosphate group and two fatty acids?
500
This part of the amino acid is what makes the 20 different types of amino acids different from each other.
What is the R-group or side chain
500
This type of nitrogenous base has more rings
What are purines?
500
A cell placed in an a solution hypertonic to inside of the cell will do what
What is shrink?