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vocab
carbohydrates | organic compounds that provide the main source for energy for the body made up of simple sugars |
nucleic acids | organic substances found in organisms they are made of nucleotides |
mono | one |
di | two |
poly | many |
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 |
glyco | sweet |
hydrolosis | breaking down something with water |
dehydration synthesis | putting something together by removing the water |
inorganic compounds | compounds having either carbon or hydrogen |
organic compounds | compounds having both carbon and hydrogen |
lipids | organic molecules cant be dissovled in water .. they are made of glycerol and fatty acids |
proteins | organic molecules that are needed for growth and repair and are made of chains of amino acids |
amico acids | subunits for building blocks of proteins |
peptide | molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain |
enzymes | organic molecules that control the rate / speed of chemical reactions |
catalysts | compound that speeds up or slows down chemical reaction |
denature | changing the shape of the enzyme |
dna | hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell |
rna | nucleic acid that assist dna in making protein |
monomer | molecule that makes up the subunit of a polymer |
polymer | macromolecule made up of many monomers |
glycogen | molecule in which gluclose is stored in the liver |