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11 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Inorganic | a substance that does not contain all three - carbon, hydrogen and oxygen |
Lipid | made up of fatty acids and glycerol; fats, steroids |
Carbon | element essential for life; forms 4 covalent bonds with other elements |
C, O, H, N | 4 more common elements in living things; elements essential for life |
Organic | a substance that contains all three - carbon,hydrogen and oxygen |
Proteins | the building blocks of life; enzymes |
Hyrdrocarbon | a chain of carbons and hydrogen |
Carbohydrate | ready source of energy for living organisms; sugars and starches |
Nucleic Acids | the blueprints of life; DNA and RNA |
Species | the smallest, most specific level of classification |