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Monomer |
a small unit that is part of a polymer |
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Polymer |
a large compound made of many monomers |
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Carbohydrate |
an organic compound made of Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen that acts as a source of energy |
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Monosaccharide |
Single sugar molecule |
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Lipid |
An organic compound macromolecule made of Carbon, and Hydrogen;includes fats, oils, and waxes |
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Nucleic acid |
An organic compound macromolecule containing Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus |
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Nucleotide |
Monomer of nucleic as acids made of a 5-Carbon sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base |
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RNA |
Single-stranded nucleic acid that contains sugar ribosomes |
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Protein |
An organic compound macromolecule that contains Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen needed for growth and repair of the body and enzyme production |
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Amino acid |
An organic compound made of an ammonium group (-NHsub2) on one end and a carbon group (-COOH) on the other end |
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DNA |
Nucleic acid that contains deoxyribose |
