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11 Cards in this Set
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Carbohydrates |
Elements: Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen Purpose: Sorce of energy and builds structures |
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Proteins |
Elements: Nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen Purpose: To build structures and be an enzyme. |
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Lipids |
Elements: Carbon, hydrogen, protein, oxygen Purpose: cell membrane, store energy (Not soluble in water, fats oils, and waxes) |
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Nucleotides |
Elements: Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and phosphorus. Purpose: dna stores informations Rna carried out tasks and acts as a membrane, ATP form of energy for the cell |
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Element carbon |
6 protons 6-8 neutrons 4 valance electrons=outer electrons (Valance electrons are chemically reactive. Atoms are stable when there are 8 electrons in the outer orbital |
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Monosaccharide |
=One sugar
Glucose,frutose, ribose. |
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Disaccharide |
=two sugar |
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Enzymes |
Proteins that speed up chemical reactions (Temperature, pH, and regularity molecules can affect the activity of enzymes) |
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Monomers |
Smaller units that form polymers |
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Catalyst |
Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction |
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Amino acids |
Compounds with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other end |
