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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 |
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ney valentino