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21 Cards in this Set
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carbon-based molecule
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organic molecule
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non-carbon-based
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inorganic molecule
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organic molecule composed of only carbon and hydrogen atoms
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hydrocarbon
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group of atoms within a molecule that interacts in predictable ways with other molecules
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functional group
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attracts water molecules
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hydrophilic
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small molecular unit that is the building block of a larger molecule
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monomer
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long chain of small molecular units
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polymer
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organic compound made of sugar molecules
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carbohydrate
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sugar containing one sugar unit
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monosaccharide
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sugar containing two monosaccharides
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disaccharide
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long polymer chain made up of simple sugar monomers
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polysaccharide
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polysaccharide in plant cells that consists entirely of glucose monomers
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starch
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polysaccharide in animal cells that consists of many glucose monomers
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glycogen
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polysaccharide consisting of glucose monomers that reinforces plant-cell walls
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cellulose
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one of a class of water-avoiding compounds
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lipid
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avoids water molecules
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hydrophobic
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organic compound consisting of a three-carbon backbone (glycerol) attached to three fatty acids
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fat
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fat in which all three fatty acid chains contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms
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saturated fat
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fat with less than the maximum number of hydrogens in one or more of its fatty acid chains
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unsaturated fat
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lipid molecule with four fused carbon rings
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steroid
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steroid molecule present in the plasma membranes of animal cells
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cholesterol
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