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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organic compund | any molecule that contains carbon atoms covalently bonded to other elements, mainly hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen |
| macromolecule | a very large, organic molecule built from thousands of smaller atoms and subunits |
| monomer | a small, , basic molecular building block that can bond to other identical or similar molecules to form larger chains or networks called polymers |
| polymer | a large molecule (macromolecule) made up of many smaller, repeating structural subunits called monomers linked together by covalent bonds |
| carbohydrate | a biological macromolecule made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
| monosaccharide | the simplest form of carbohydrate, consisting of a single sugar molecule that cannot be broken down into smaller sugars |
| disaccharide | |
| lipid | |
| phospholipid | |
| protein | a polymer made of monomers called amino acids. composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur, |
| amino acid | |
| enzyme | |
| nucleic acid | |
| nucleotide |