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13 Cards in this Set
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Hydrocarbon |
Molecules consisting of only hydrogen and carbon |
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Isomers |
Organic molecules having the same structural formula but exists in different forms |
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Chiral molecule |
A molecule that has mirror-image versions |
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Polymer |
Long molecule built with monomers |
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Monomer |
Chemical subunits of polymers |
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Dehydration reaction |
Removal of water to link lipids |
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Hydrolysis |
Water is added to break a specific bond in a macromolecule |
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Macromolecules |
Thousands of molecules linked together into long chains |
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Monosaccharides |
Simple sugars |
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Disaccharide |
Two monosaccharides together |
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Starch |
A storage polysaccharide |
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Cellulose |
Structural polysaccharide |
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Chitin |
The structural material found on arthropods and many fungi, and is a modified form of cellulose where an N-acetyl group replaces hydroxyl in each glucose unit |
