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Biochemistry
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |