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hon chem ch 3 sec 2
chapter 3 section 2 terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carbohydrate | any organic compound that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and that that provides nutrients to the cells of living things |
| monosaccharide | |
| disaccharide | a sugar formed from two monosaccharides |
| polysaccharide | |
| protein | |
| amino acid | an organic molecule that contains a carboxyl and an amino group and that makes up proteins; a protein monomer |
| peptide bond | |
| polypeptide | |
| enzyme | a type of protein or RNA molecule that speeds up metabolic reactions in plants and animals without being permanantly changed or destroyed |
| substrate | |
| active site | the site on an enzyme that sttaches to a substrate |
| lipid | |
| fatty acid | an organic acid that is contained in lipids, such as fats or oils |
| phospholipid | |
| wax | |
| steroid | |
| nucleic acid | |
| DNA- deoxyribonucleicacid | |
| RNA- ribonucleicacid | |
| nucleotide |