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19 Cards in this Set
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monomer
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small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers
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polymer
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large compound formed from combonations of many momomers
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carbohydrates
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compound made up of carbon, hydrogyen, and oxygen atoms: major source of energy for the human body
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monosaccaride
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single sugar molecule
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polysaccaride
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a large molecule formed from monosaccarides
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lipids
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fats oils and waxes: macromolecules made mainly from carbon and hydrogyen atoms
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nulectic acids
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a macromolecule containing hydrogyen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phospherous
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nucleotide
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momomer of nucleic acid made up of 5 carbon sugar, a phospherous group, and a nitrogeniuous base
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ribonucleic acid or RNA
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single stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose
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deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA
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nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
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protein
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macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogyen, oxygen and nitrogen
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amino acid
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compound with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other
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chemical reaction
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a prosses that changes one set of chemicals into another set
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reactant
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element or compound that enters into a chemical reaction
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product
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element or compound produced by a chemical reaction
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activation energy
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energy needd to start a reaction
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catalyst
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substance that speeds up a reaction
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enzyme
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a protein that acts as a biological catalyst
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substrate
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reactants of an enzyme- catalyzed reaction
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