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Bio Chapter 5
Vocabulary Pt.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Macromolecules | Polymers built from monomers |
| Polymer | A long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks |
| Monomer | The building blocks of polymers, simple form |
| Enzyme | Macromolecule that speeds up chemical reactions |
| Dehydration reaction | 2 monomers that bond together through loss of water molecule. |
| Hydrolysis | Reverse of DR, monomers disassemble polymers |
| Carbohydrates | Macromolecule group that includes sugars or polymers of sugars |
| Polysacharide | Storage and structure polymers of sugar |
| Monosaccharide | One sugar building block, comes in multiples of CH2O |
| Disaccharide | Formed when a dehydration reaction joins 2 monosaccharides |
| Glycosidic linkage | Covalent bond formed in disaccharides |