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16 Cards in this Set
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Monomers |
Smaller units that form polymers |
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Polymers |
Large units formed from monomers |
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Four groups of organic compounds |
Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins |
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Carbohydrates |
Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms |
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Use of carbohydrates |
Main source of energy |
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Monosaccharides |
Single sugar molecules |
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Polysaccharides |
Large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides |
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Lipids |
Molecules formed from carbon and hydrogen atoms |
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Use of lipids |
Used to store energy |
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Nucleic acids |
Macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus |
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Nucleotides |
Monomers that form Nucleic acids |
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Use of nucleic acids |
Store and transmit hereditary information |
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RNA |
Ribonucleic acid |
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DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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Proteins |
Macromolecules that contain nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
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Amino acid |
Monomers of proteins |
