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18 Cards in this Set
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Monomer |
Small units than join together to form polymers. |
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Polymer |
Large compound formed by monomers |
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Carbohydrate |
Main source of energy |
Made from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms |
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Monosaccharide |
Single sugar molecule |
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Polysaccharide |
Large macromolecule formed from monosaccharides. |
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Lipid |
Macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms. |
Fats, oils, waxes |
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Nucleic acids |
Macromolecule containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus |
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Nucleotide |
Monomer of Nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base |
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Ribonucleic Acid |
Single stranded Nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose |
RNA |
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
Nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose |
DNA |
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Proteins |
Macromolecule that contains nitrogen, as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
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Amino Acid |
Compound with an amino acid group (-NH2) on one end and a carboxylate group (-COOH) on the other end. |
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Chemical Reaction |
A process that changes or transforms one set of chemicals into another. |
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Reactants |
Chemicals or elements that enter a chemical reaction |
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Products |
Chemicals or elements that are produced by a chemical reaction |
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Activation energy |
Energy needed to get a reaction started |
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Enzymes |
Proteins that act as biological catalysts |
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Substrates |
The reactants of enzyme-catalyzed reactions |
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