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Vocab 2
Chemistry of life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organic | nothing or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only of those existing in derived from plants or animals |
| monomers | a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer. |
| polymer | a compound of high molecular weight derived either by addition of many smaller molecules |
| macromolecules | large molecule, as a colloidal |
| carbohydrate | Any class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy, aldehydes or ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations. |
| protein | Macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. |
| nucleic acid | A group of long, linear macrmolecules ,DNA or RNA |
| lipid | any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch |
| activation energy | Least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction. |
| enzyme | Variations of proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes. |