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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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polymers
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large compound formed from combinations of many monomers
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carbohydrate
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compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy of the human body
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monosaccharide
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single sugar molecules
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polysaccharide
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the large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides
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lipids
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macromolecule made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; common catagories are fats, oils, and waxes
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nucleic acids
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macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus.
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nucleotide
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monomer of nucleic acids consisting of 3 parts: 1) 5-carbon sugar 2) a phosphate group 3) a nitrogenous base
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ribonucleic acid (RNA)
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single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
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nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
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protein
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macromolecules that contain nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; needed by the body for growth and repair and to make up enzymes
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amino acids
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compounds with an amino group(-NH2) on one end and a carboxyl group (-COOH) on the other end
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