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Organic Compounds I
Organic Compounds II
Organic Compounds III
Organic Compounds IV
Organic Compounds V
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Elements with the symbols C, H, O, N, P, S
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur ?
100
A type of bond found most frequently in carbon compounds
What is a covalent bond ?
100
A carbohydrate made of three or more monosaccharides
What is a polysaccharide ?
100
A type of macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and does not dissolve in water (is hydrophobic)
What is a lipid ?
100
Large organic molecules that store genetic information
What are nucleic acids ?
200
Single organic molecules that can be linked together to make larger molecules
What are monomers ?
200
A monomer of a carbohydrate
What is a monosaccharide ?
200
A polysaccharide made by plants to store energy
What is starch ?
200
A fatty acid that contains all single bonds between carbons
What is saturated ?
200
A nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
What is DNA ?
300
A large molecule made by linking together many monomers
What is a polymer ?
300
A carbohydrate made of two monosaccharides
What is a disaccharide ?
300
A polysaccharide made by animals to store energy in the muscles and the liver
What is glycogen ?
300
A fatty acid that contains a set of double bonds between carbons
What is unsaturated ?
300
A polymer made of amino acids
What is a protein or polypeptide ?
400
The chemical process of adding a monomer to another monomer or to another polymer by removing a water molecule
What is dehydration synthesis or condensation ?
400
A disaccharide made of glucose and galactose
What is lactose ?
400
A polysaccharide found in plant cell walls
What is cellulose ?
400
A monomer of a lipid
What is a triglyceride ?
400
A type of covalent bond found between amino acids
What is a peptide bond ?
500

The chemical process of removing a monomer from a polymer by breaking a bond using a water molecule

What is hydrolysis ?

500
A disaccharide made of glucose + glucose
What is maltose ?
500
A disaccharide made of glucose and fructose
What is sucrose ?
500
The most abundant lipid of a cell membrane
What is a phospholipid ?
500
A type of protein that acts as a catalyst (speeds up) chemical reactions
What is an enzyme ?