Question | Answer |
usually does not contain carbon, and when it does it is bonded with hydrogen | inorganic |
water is the universal solvent, it does substances that are polare & some ionic compounds | polarity |
has a slight charge at each end | polar |
shows the elements & how many as well as how the elemends are bonded | structural formulas |
shows what elements and how many | chemical formula |
hydrogen atom & negativee end of another molecule form a bond | hydrogen bond |
a molecules attraction for another of the same molecule | cohesion |
the attraction between 2 differenent molecules | adhesion |
upward movement through a narrow tube against gravity | cappilarity |
contains carbon bonded to hydrogen | organic compounds |
determines the characteristics of a compound | functional group |
single unit | monomer |
many monomers bonded together | polymer |
process in which 2 monomers are joined by remaining H20 | condensation reaction |
process in which break and split polymers are broken down by adding H20 | hydrolasis |
single sugar | monosacchride |
same chemcial formula but different structural formula | isomers |
2 monosaccharides bonded together | disaccharide |
many monosaccharides bonded together | polysaccharide |
animals store glucose as the polysaccharide called_______ | glycogen |
plants store glucose as______ | starch |
polysaccharide found in plant cell walls | cellulose |
contain caronbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen | proteins |
the monomer for proteins is called an _______ | amino acid |
2 amino acids bonded together is a called a _______ | dipeptide |
the bond that holds the amino acids together is called a ______ | peptide bond |
several amino acids bonded together | polypeptide |
how many polypeptides are in proteins? | one or more |
most _____ are proteins | enzymes |
substance that the enyzme works on | substrate |
fats, oils, waxes, steroids, contain C H O | lipid |
has a long chain of carbon somwhere | fatty acid |
made up of 3 fatty acids & 1 alcohol | triglyceride |
2 fatty acids and one glycerol | phospholipid |
1 fatty acid and one alcohol | wax |
ring structure | steroid |
example of a steroid | cholesteral |
contain carbon, hydrogen, phospheros, and oxygen | nucleid acids |
2 kinds of nucleic acid | DNA & RNA |
hereditary material passed on from one generation from the next | DNA |
3 thigns in DNA | sugar, phosphate group, nitrogen base |
4 different bases in DNA | adenine, quarine. cytosine, thymine |
saturated fats, have no C | lipids |
RNA consists of | sugar, phosphate, nitrogen (adenine, quarine, cytosine, & uracil |