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11 Cards in this Set
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All Living things are made up of 4
classes of large biological molecules |
carbohydrates , lipids . nucleic acids , proteins
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Polymer & Monomers
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A polymer is a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks.
smallbuilding-blockmoleculesare called monomers. Monomers are connected to Polymers |
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Three of the four classes of life’s organic molecules are polymers
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Carbohydrates – Proteins – Nucleic acids
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Dehydration reaction
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happens when two molecules are covalently bonded to each other with the loss of a water molecule
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Enzymes
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are macromolecules that speed up the dehydration process
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hydrolysis
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a reaction that is the opposite of dehydration reaction
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starch
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is the storage unit for plants
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glycogen
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is the storage unit for animals
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Water and Cellulose
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is very important for the structure of plant cells
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polymers with ( B)beta glucose
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are straight
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polymers with (a) alpha are
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helical
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