Biochemistry Vocabulary Review
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Organic Compounds | Compounds having both (ambos) carbon and hydrogen.
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Enzymes | Protein molecules that control the rate of chemical reaction.
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Macromolecules | Large molecules like proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids
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Carbohydrates | Main source of energy of organisms and have a 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to oxygen.
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Hydrolysis | Breaking down large molecules into smaller ones by adding water.
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Inorganic Compounds | Compounds that does not both carbon and hydrogen.
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Proteins | Large molecules responsible for building and repairing body tissue.
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Nucleotides | buildings of nucleic acids
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Dehydration Synthesis | Making large molecules from simpler ones by removing water.
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Catalyst | Substance that speeds up the rate/speed of a chemical reaction with changing itself.
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pH scale | measures whether a solution is acid, neutral or base.
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Monosaccharides | Simple sugars
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Dehyration | Removal of water
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Ase | Word ending for enzyme
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Polysaccharide | Complex carbohydrate made from a long chain of glucose bonded together
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Synthesis | Putting together
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Glucose | Chemical energy made my green plants and algae during the process of photosynthesis.
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Ose | Word ending for sugar
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Nucleic Acids | Polymer found in every cell and stores hereditary information. There are two examples; DNA and RNA.
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Fatty acids and glycerol | Building blocks of lipids.
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Peptide bond | The bond between two amino acids
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Compounds | Two or more elements chemically combined.
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polymer | Large molecules made up of smaller ones
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Element | Substance made up of one kind of atom like carbon and hydrogen.
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Nitrogenous base | Molecule having nitrogen and chemical properties of a base.
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Peptide | Short chain of amino acids.
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Amino acids | Building blocks of proteins
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