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Unit 1 vocab
Ap Biology unit 1 vocabulary- Perez
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adhesion | the force of attraction between two unlike molecules |
| cohesion | the force of attraction between two like molecules |
| hydrogen bonding | a type of weak chemical bond in which is formed when the slightly positive hydrogen atom of a polar covalent bond forms |
| polar | a molecule such as water with an even distribution of charges in differents regions of the molecule |
| atom | it's the smallest unit of matter |
| essential element | a chemical element required for an organism to survive grow and reproduce |
| macromolecule | a giant molecule formed by the joining of the smaller molecules usually bite their hydration reaction |
| cleavage | this Obsession of Rapid cell division without significant growth during early development |
| dehydration synthesis | a chemical reaction in which two molecules become covalently bound to each other |
| hydrolysis | a chemical reaction that breaks bonds between two molecules |
| monomer | the sub-unit that serves as a building block for a polymer |
| amino acid | an organic molecule processing both a carboxyl and an amino group |
| amino terminus | and enzyme that joins each amino acid to the appropriate TRNA |
| carbohydrates | a sugar |
| carboxyl terminus | a chemical grow percent in aldehyde and ketones and consisting of a carbon atom double to an oxygen atom |
| deoxyribonucleic | a nucleic acid molecule usually a double-strange helix |
| deoxyribose | the sugar component of DNA |
| nitrogenous base | a molecular that contains nitrogen and has a chemical properties of a base |
| hydrophobic | not having an affinity of water |
| lipid | any of the group of large biological molecules including fats phospholipids and steroids that mi poorly |
| nucleic acid | a polymer consisting of many nucleotide monomers serve as a blueprint for protein |
| phosphate | a chemical group consisting of a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms important in energy transfer |
| polymer | a long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together by covalent bonds |
| phospholipids | a lipid made up of glycerol joined to two fatty acids and a phosphate group |
| protein | a biologically functional molecule consisting of one or more polypeptides folded and code into a specific three-dimensional |
| R group | sidechain is specific to each amino acid that confers particular chemical properties to the amino acid |
| ribonucleic acid | a type of nucleic acid consisting of a polynucleotide made up of nucleotides monomers with their ripest sugar and nitrogenous base |
| ribose | a complex of RNA and protein molecules that function as a site of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm consists of a large and small subunit |
| saturated fats | a fatty acid in which all carbons in the hydrocarbon tail are connected by a single Bond |
| unsaturated fats | a fatty acid that has one or more double bonds |
| 3´ | each end of DNA molecules has the number one in is referred to as 5 and the other end is referred as 3 |
| 5´ | each end of DNA molecules have the number one in is referred to as 5 and the other end is referred as 3 |
| alpha helices | a coiled region constitution one form of the secondary structure of proteins |
| antiparallel-integers | referring to the arrangement of the sugar phosphate Backbone in a DNA double helix |
| beta-sheet | one form of the secondary structure of proteins in which the polypeptide change back and forth |
| covalent bond | a type of a strong chemical bond in which two atoms share one or more pairs of valence electrons |
| double helix | the form of negative DNA or referring to its two adjacent and temporal polynucleotide strands want wound around and the imaginary axis in to the shape |
| peptide | bonds between the carboxyl group and amino acid group |
| polypeptide | polypeptide polymer of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds |
| primary structure | the level of protein structure referring to the specific linear sequence of amino acids |
| secondary structure | regions of repetitive coiling or folding to the polypeptide backbone |
| subunit | a single protein molecular that assembles with other protein molecules to form a protein complex |
| synthesis | creation of something |
| tertiary structure | their overall shape of a protein molecule to do the interactions of amino acid side chains |