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Biology Regents Revi
Term | Definition |
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Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen | the most common elements in living things |
Organic molecules | contain carbon and hydrogen (ex: C6H12O6) |
Inorganic molecules | do not contain carbon and hydrogen (ex: CO2) |
Carbohydrates | supply living things with energy |
Simple Carbohydrates | monosaccharides |
Complex Carbohydrates | polysaccharides |
Starch | plants store this as excess glucose |
Glycogen | humans store this as excess glucose in muscles |
Fats, Oils, and Waxes | types of lipids made from glycerol |
Phaspholipids | types of lipids which form the bilayer of the cell membrane |
Steroids | types of lipids which include sex hormones and cholesterol |
Proteins | made from amino acids (peptides) |
Polypeptides | another name for proteins and your body's only source of nitrogen |
Enzymes | function of proteins (acts as catalyst), sped up rate if chemical reactions, end with the suffix "ase" |
Receptors | function of proteins (molecules on the cell membrane) |
Antibodies | function of proteins (specialized proteins that mark invaders for destruction) |
Hormones | function of proteins (chemical messages) |
Substrate | specific molecule an enzyme binds to |
Denaturation | very high temperatures and extreme changes in PH causes enzymes to lose their shape, this is know as... |