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What is the molecular formula for glucose? |
C6H12O6 |
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Monomers are joined together to form larger polymers through...? |
Dehydration |
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Polymers are broken down into the monomers that make them up through the chemical reaction called...? |
Hydrolysis |
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Sucrose is known as the most common...? |
Disaccharide |
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True or false? Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound on Earth. |
True |
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The four main classifications of large biological molecules are? |
Carbohydrates, Protiens, Nucleic Acids, Lipids |
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A group of atoms directly involved in chemical reactions |
Functional Group |
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Energy-rich chains of carbon and hydrogen |
Hydrocarbons |
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Molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structures |
Isomers |
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What is a Trylyceride? |
Three molecules fo fatty acid joined to one moleculel of glycrol |
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True or false? A peptide bond joins adjacent amion acidss together. |
True |
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What are unsaturated fats? |
A fatty acid chain with at least on double bond between carbon atoms |
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What kind of unsaturated fats are tmost healthful? |
FIsh & plant fats |
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What kinds of unsaturated fats are particularly unhealthy? |
Trans fats |
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What are amion acids and what is the one part of an amoion acid that varies? |
Amion acids are the monomers of all proteins and the side chain (R-Group) is what varies. |
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What is hydrogenation? |
The conversion of unsaturated fats to saturated fats by adding hydrogen. |
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What is Protein? |
A folded polumer of amino acid monomers |
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What is Hydrophilic? |
"Water loving" molecules that dissolve readily in water |
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What matches to what on a DNA strand? |
A to T and G to C |
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True or false? RNA is usually found in living cells in single-stranded form, whereas DNA usually exists as a double helix. |
True |
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What are the three parts of a nucleotide? |
A Phoshate Group, Five Carbon Sugars, and a Nitrogen containing group |
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What is a gene? |
A unit of inheritance encoded in a specific region of DNA that prorams the amion acid sequence of a polypeptide. |
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What is lactase? |
Enzyme necessary to break down the disaccharide lactose |
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What is a prion? |
Misfolded versions of normal brain proteins |
