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CH. 2
Organic Chimesrty
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monomers | The smaller units, or monomers, join together to form polymers. |
| Polymers | The smaller units, or monomers, join together to form polymers. |
| Carbohydrates | are compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms, usually in a ratio of 1 : 2 : 1. |
| Monosaccharides | Single sugar molecules are also refered to as, monosaccharides. |
| Polyasccharides | The larger macromolecules formed from monosccharides are known as polysccharides. |
| Lipids | Are made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms. |
| Nucleotides | They consist of 3 parts; a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogenous base, as shown in figure 2-15. |
| Nucleic acids | are macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. |
| Ribnucleic acid (RNA) | (RNA) and (DNA) are the two kides of nucleic acids. |