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Biology Pre-AP Chemistry of Living Things vocabulary
Chemistry of Living Things - Biomolecules
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Biology
9th Grade
10/15/2012

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Monomers
Definition
Smaller units in polymerization
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Polymers
Definition
Product of polymerization
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Carbohydrates
Definition
Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen usually a 1:2:1 ratio
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Monosaccharides
Definition
Single sugar molecules
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Lipids
Definition
A large and varied group of biological molecules that are generally not soluble in water; made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms
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Nucleic Acids
Definition
Macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus; formed from nucleotides
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Nucleotides
Definition
Consist of 3 parts: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenus base
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Proteins
Definition
Macromolecules that contain nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; made up of amino acids
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Amino Acids
Definition
Compounds with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other end
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Catalyst
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Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction
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Enzymes
Definition
Proteins that act as biological catalysts
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Substrates
Definition
Reactants of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
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