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Organic Chemistry
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
100
How many bonds can Carbon make with other atoms?
What is 4
100
What is the monomer of a carbohydrate?
What is a monosaccharide
100
Give me 2 examples of a lipid
What is Oils butter animal fat waxes sterols cholesterol hormones
100
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
Nucleotide
100
Give me an example of a protein (Not food)
Enzymes Structural fibers Collegen
200
Many monomers together make a...
What is a polymer
200
Two monosaccharides together make a
What is disaccharide
200
Give me an example of an unsaturated fat
Liquid at room temp. Oils
200
What elements are present in nucleic acids?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and nitrogen
200
What is the monomer of proteins?
Amino Acid
300
What makes a molecule organic?
What is the presence of Carbon
300
Give me three examples of a type of sugar
What is Fructose Galactose Glucose Sucrose Maltose
300
Give me an example of a saturated fat
What is solid fats, butter, lard, animal fats
300
What function do nucleic acids play in organisms?
Contain our hereditary information/code
300
What kind of bonds hold together the amino acids of proteins?
Peptide bonds
400
When two monomers are linked together and a water molecule is produced, this is called what kind of reaction?
What is a condensation reaction
400
What elements are found in Carbohydrates
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
400
Why can't lipids dissolve in water?
They have a non-polar (hydrophobic) fatty acid tails
400
Give me 2 examples of a nucleic acid
RNA DNA
400
What elements are present in proteins?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
500
When a polymer is broken down into monomers, this process is called....
What is Hydrolysis
500
How do our bodies use carbohydrates?
What is for cellular energy
500
What function do lipids play in organisms?
Long term energy storage, insulation, protection
500
All of our cells contain DNA, but we do not obtain it from food, why?
Our cells copy our DNA when the cells are dividing
500
Why can't enzymes break down all sorts of molecules. (Why can't the enzyme lactose break down fructose?)
Each enzyme has a specific shape that fits with each type of molecule it breaks down (lock and key)