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Vocab: Monomer
A small molecule (one).
They make up polymers.
Mono = ?
Break down the word
Vocab: Polymer
A large molecule (many).
They are made up of 2 or more monomers.
Poly = ?
Break down the word
Vocab: Carbohydrate
Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
The normal ratio is 1 : 2 : 1
Carb = ?
O = ?
Hydrate = ?
Break down the word
Vocab: Monosaccharide
Single sugar molecules.
Examples: Glucose- made in plants.
Galactose- A component of milk and fructose.
Mono = ?
Saccharide = ?
Break down the word
Vocab: Polysaccharide
Macromolecules formed by monosaccahrides
Think back to Monosaccharide, if you got it already.
Vocab: Lipid
Made up from hydrogen and water molecules. Examples: Fats
Waxes
Oils
Steroids
Lipid- Get your lips plumped up
plumped = added (extra) weight
Extra weight = ?
Think it through.
Vocab: Nucleic acid
Macromolecules that contain hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. Assembled from monomers known as nucleotides.
Think............
Vocab: Nucleotide
Made up of 3 things: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
Like I've said before, break down the word.
Vocab: Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
A single strand of nucleic acid
BREAK DOWN THE WORD!
Vocab: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
A double helix of nucleic acid
Break down the word.
Vocab: Proteins
Macromolecules made up of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
C.H.O.N.
Vocab: Amino acids
Monomers that make up proteins
Has to do with proteins.
Vocab: Chemical Reaction
A process that changes one set of chemicals into another
What is a chemical? What is a reaction? Now do you get it?
Vocab: Reactants
The elements that enter a chemical reaction
Bread + Turkey
Vocab: Products
The elements that are produced by a chemical reaction
Turkey Sandwich
Vocab: Activation Energy
The energy that is needed for a reaction.
Do I have to tell you to breakdown the meaning?
Vocab: Catalyst
A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction.
This has nothing to do with cats or lists for that matter.
Vocab: Enzyme
Proteins that act as biological catalysts
This has nothing to do with "n"s or..."zymes..."
Huh...
Vocab: Substrates
The reactants of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
I can't think of a hint.
Flash Cards for Pages 44-53 in Prentine Hall Biology
By Beatrix
Sorry for no important notes. I forgot. Or got lazy. *wink*