Bio 1005 c-3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acid | a sour substance with a pH less than 7 |
| alkaline | having a ph value over a 7 (basic) (group 2) |
| alpha helix | type of secondary structure that looks like a slinky |
| base | any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water |
| beta pleated sheet | folded plane that looks like the pleats on a skirt produced by hydrogen bonding b/w amino and carboxyl groups of adjacent amino acids |
| carbohydrate | Sugars, Starches, and cellulose (carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen) |
| Cellulose | complex carbohydrates (plants) |
| chitin | Complex Carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthopods |
| cholesterol | a fat-soluble, colorless liquid found in many animal products but not in plants. |
| deoxyribonucleic acid | (DNA) part of the genetic material that organisms inherited from their parents |
| fatty acid | hydrocarbon portion bonded to carboxyl group |
| functional group | a group of molecules that interact in predictable ways |
| glycogen | what is the body's main storage molecule? |
| glycoprotein | biomolecule made of a protein and a carbohydrate |
| hydrocarbon | an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| hydrophillic | water loving, molecules that are able to dissolve in water |
| hydrophobic | does not interact well with water, nonpolar |
| hydroxide ion | the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom |
| isomer | a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight |
| lipid | an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents |
| lipoprotein | Fat (lipid) and protein molecules that are bound together |
| monomer | a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers |
| monosaccharide | Single Molecule of Sugar. |
| monounsaturated fatty acid | one double covalent bond/ each of two carbons in bond has one hydrogen bonded to it |
| nucleotide | The base units of nucleic acids, each containing a sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases. |
| oil | a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water |
| organic chemistry | the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) |
| PH scale | scale that runs from 0 (strongly acidic) to 14 (strongly basic or alkaline) |
| phosphate group | what can be found in dna, rna, and atp? |
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