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33 Cards in this Set
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What is monosacchride
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a simple sugar (one sugar)
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What is Fruit Sugar?
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fruitose
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One function of lipids is _____ -term energy storage
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long
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another word for polymer
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macromolecule
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organic compound that carry the genitic code
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nucliec acids
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carbon atoms bond to each other, forming chains or this shape
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rings
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indigestable polysaccahride that forms cell walls of plants
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cellulose
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all organic compounds contain this element
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carbon
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nucliec acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and this element
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phosphorus
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animal store excess sugar in this form
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glycogen
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special protein that speeds up a chemical reaction
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enzymes
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double sugar
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disaccharide
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plants store excess sugar in this form
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starch
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these fats are typically solid at room tempature
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saturated
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organic compounds that makes up our skin, hair, and muscles
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proteins
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there are _____ common amino acids
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twenty
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lipids are insoluble in _______
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water
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splitting of a polymer into several monomers
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hydrolysis
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_____ fats, such as vegitable oils, are liquid at room tempature
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unsaturated
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sugars and starches
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carbohydrates
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a carbon atom can form ____ covalent bonds
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four
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lipids are major components of cell _____
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membranes
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large molecules formed when many smaller molecules bond together
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polymer
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process by which 2 or more monomers join together (H2O is lost)
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condensation
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C6 H12 O6
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glucose
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two examples of nucliec acids are RNA and ____
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DNA
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a dissacharide commonly known as table sugar
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sucrose
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small molecule
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monomer
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lipids are composed of one glycerol attached to three _____ ____.
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fatty acids
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a complex sugar
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polysaccharide
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these are the bulding blocks of proteins
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amino acids
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proteins contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygens, nitrogen, and this element
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sulfer
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this type of bond is the found between amino acids
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peptide
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