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What are the four major categories of biological molecules?
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1) carbs 2) lipids 3) protiens 4) Nucleic acids
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describe dehydration synthesis
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Two monomers are converted into a dimer and one water molecule. Eventually this forms long polymers
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What is hydrolysis?
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The splitting of covalent bonds with water (opposite of dehydration synthesis)
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What kind of bond links polymers?
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covalent bonds
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What kind of bond links sugars
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glycoside bonds (formed by dehydration)
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What kind of bond links fatty acids to their glycerol?
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Ester bonds [(C=O)-O]
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Are lipids polymers?
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They are not true polymers
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How do lipids assemble themselves noncovalently?
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Groups of lipids form globules/layers based on weak bonds
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Give examples of homopolymers
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1) glycogen 2) starch 3) cellulose
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Give examples of heteropolymers
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1)Proteins/polypeptides 2) nucleic acids
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