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monosaccharide
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the simplest kind of carbohydrate
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cohesion
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attraction between like substances
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adhesion
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attraction between unlike substances
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surface tension
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a water surface that is firm enough to allow many insects to walk upon without sinking
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capillary action
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when water adheres to the walls of narrow tubing or to absorbent solids like paper
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organic
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made up of carbon atoms
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macromolecules
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living organic molecules that consist of hundreds or thousands of atoms
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hydrophilic
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substances that dissolve in water
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hydrophobic
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substance that do not dissolve in water
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heat capacity
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the degree in which a substance changes temperature in response to a gain or loss of heat
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disaccharide
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consists of two sugar molecules joined by glycosidic linkage
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condensation
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a type of chemical reaction in which a single molecule is lost
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polysaccharide
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consists of a series of connected monosaccharides
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polymers
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molecules that consist of a single unit (monomers) repeated many times
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carbohydrates
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a sugar
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