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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Vocabulary
100
Monomer of carbohydrates
What is saccharide?
100
Most common monomer of lipids.
What is fatty acid?
100
Monomer of proteins.
What is amino acid?
100
Monomer of nucleic acids.
What is a nucleotide?
100
The process in which an enzyme becomes inactive due to factors that alter the enzyme's structure.
What is denatured?
200
Two functions of carbohydrates.
What are primary energy source and structure?
200
Type of lipid that is found on the feathers of aquatic birds as well as on the surface of some plants like cacti.
What is a wax?
200
Type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy.
What is an enzyme?
200
This nucleic acid is double stranded and in the form of a double helix.
What is DNA?
200
The negative part of an atom; involved in bonding.
What is an electron?
300
How animals store glucose.
What is glycogen?
300
This type of fat has one single bond and is usually solid at room temperature.
What is saturated fat?
300
Bond between the monomers of proteins.
What is a peptide bond?
300
Pairs up with guanine in both RNA and DNA.
What is cytosine?
300
A type of bond in which the electrons are not shared equally, resulting a slight electrical charge.
What is a polar covalent bond?
400
The storage unit of glucose in plants.
What is starch?
400
Has double bonds and is usually liquid at room temperature.
What is an unsaturated fat?
400
The number of the different amino acids.
What is 20?
400
Replaces thyamine in RNA.
What is uracil?
400
Joins monomers to make polymers.
What is dehydration synthesis?
500
Type of carbohydrate that is usually indigestible for humans and provides structure in plants.
What is cellulose?
500
This type of lipid has a carbon ring structure.
What is a steroid?
500
The coiling (alpha helix) or folding (beta sheets) of of a polypeptide.
What is secondary structure?
500
The three parts of a nucleotide.
What is a 5-C sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base?
500
Breaks down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water.
What is hydrolysis?