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Biochemistry
Science
Question | Answer |
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Mono | One |
Poly | Many |
Di | Two |
De | To Remove/Take away |
Ose | Sugar |
Ase | Enzyme |
Saccharide | Sugar |
Hydro/A | Water |
Dehydrate | To remove water |
Lysis | To "break" down |
Synthesis | To build or put together |
Gylco | Sweet |
Hydrolysis | Break something down with water |
Dehydration Synthesis | Putting something together by removing the water |
Inorganic Compounds | Compounds have either carbon or hydrogen |
Organic Compounds | Compounds have both carbon and hydrogen |
Lipids | (fats) Organic compounds that can't be dissolved in water.They are made of glycerol and fatty acids |
Proteins | Organic compounds that are needed for growth and repair and are made of chains of amino acids |
Carbohydrates | Organic compounds that are the main source of energy for the body and made of simple sugars |
Nucleic Acids | Organic substances found in organism.They are made of nucleotides |
Amino Acids | Subunit or building blocks of amino acids |
Peptide | Molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain |
Enzyme | Organic molecules that control rate/speed of chemical reactions |
Catalyst | Compounds that speed up or slow down chemical reaction |
Denature | Changing the shape of the enzyme |
Dna | Hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell |
Rna | Nucleic acids that assist Dna in making protein |
Monomer | Molecule that makes up the subunit of a polymer (Ex: Glucose+ Glucose) |
Polymer | Macromolcule (Big) made up of many monomers |
Glycogen | Molecules in which glucose is stored in the liver |