Those Big Molecules
Molecule Pieces
Where Santa Lives
Construction
100
Giant molecules that are important building blocks for life
What are macromolecules?
100
Parts of molecules that tell how a larger molecule will work
What is a functional group?
100
When a molecule has different partial charges on opposite sides
What is polarity?
100
What is a construction worker?
200
Why DNA dissolves in water
What is "because water and DNA are both polar"?
200
This functional group and its characteristics
What is methyl (non-polar and stores energy)?
200
The two factors that affect polarity
What are electronegativity and molecular geometry?
200
Water is added between two monomers to break them apart
What is hydrolysis?
300
This molecule is a building block for this macromolecule
What is a nucleic acid?
300
The functional groups present and the properties of each functional group
What are phosphate (polar and acidic) and hydroxyl (polar)?
300
A special type of dipole-dipole IMF that includes a hydrogen bonded to Nitrogen, Oxygen, or Fluorine
What is a hydrogen bond?
300
Two monomers are chemically bonded together and produce a water molecule
What is dehydration synthesis?
400
The 4 macromolecules along with their corresponding elements
What are:
1. Carbohydrates (CHO)
2. Lipids (CHO)
3. Proteins (CHON)
4. Nucleic Acids (CHONP)
400
The common name for molecules that contain hydroxyl groups
What is an alcohol?
400
This molecule
What is soap?
400
If this process occurred, it might look like a gloopy solution becoming thinner
What is hydrolysis?
500
The 4 macromolecules along with their corresponding monomers
What are:
1. Carbohydrates (monosaccharides)
2. Lipids (glycerol and fatty acids)
3. Proteins (amino acids)
4. Nucleic Acids (nucleotides)
500
Molecules that release hydrogen ions into solution
What are acids?
500
How this molecule reacts with water
What is "it would dissolve"?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
What happens to a solution when this molecule is heated in water
What is "hydrolysis would break down the molecule and cause the solution to thicken"?