| Term | Definition |
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| 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) |
| hydrocarbon | an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| convalent bond | A chemical bond formed when when atoms share electrons |
| monomer | a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers |
| 4 macromolecules of life | 1. Carbohydrates; 2. Lipids; 3. Proteins; 4. Nucleic Acids |
| lipids | What is the name of the fatty substance that is found in the epidermis and works to waterproof the skin? |
| nucleic acid | (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotid chains that are vital constituents of all living cells |
| building blocks of nucleic acids | nucleotides |
| monomer | a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers |
| monosaccharide | a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars |
| ionic bond | a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains to electron to form a negative ion |
| isomer | a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight |
| polymer | a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |
| protien | large complex polyer composed of carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and usually sulfer |
| carbohydrate | an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
| building blocks of lipids | fatty acids and glycerol (COH) |
| polymer | a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |
| polysaccharide | any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
| glucose | a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms |
| starch | a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice |
| unsaturated fat | fatty acid that have double bonds between the carbons and fats from plantes |
| DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix |
| surcrose | -FILL IN- also known as table sugar |
| saturated fat | whole milk, butter, chocolate, meat |
| RNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes |
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