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| large molecule made up of many similar or identical subunits |
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| small molecule that can be combined with other similar or identical molecules to make a polymer |
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| organic molecules that always contain carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen-many times only contain those three |
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| polymers of carbohydrates |
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| polysaccharides-many sugars |
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-starch
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| found in plants, main form of carb storage |
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| primary form of carb storage in animals |
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| rigid, complex card containe din cell walls of many organisms, most abundant card on earth |
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| complex card that forms external skeleton of arthropods-plays structural role |
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-don't easily disolve in water
-made from oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
-have considerable pwoers to store energy to prove insulation |
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| most important glyceride, lipid molecule formed from three fatty acids bonded to glycerol |
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| molecule found in many lipids that is composed of a hydrocarbon chain bonded to a COOH group |
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| with no double bonds between the carbon atoms of its hydrocarbon chain |
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| monounsaturated fatty acid |
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| one double bond between carbon atoms |
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| polyunsaturated faty acid |
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| with two or more double bonds between carbon atoms |
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| class of lipid molecules that have, as a central element in their stucture, four carbin rings |
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| steroid molecule that forms part of hte outer membrane of all animal cells |
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| a phosphorus atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms |
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| charged lipid molecule composed of two fatty acids, glycerol, and aphosphate group |
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-enzymes
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| quicken chemical ractions |
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| healing; defense against invader |
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| series of amino acids linked in linear fashion |
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| large, folded chain of amino acids |
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| immune system protien, fights foreign invaders such as virus |
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| molecules that are compenations of lipids and protiens-transport molecules that amount to a capsule of protien |
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| alters the shape of protiens |
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| villians, capsules of protien that carry cholesterol to outlying tissues |
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| capsules that carry cholesteral away from outlying cells to liver |
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| molecules that are combinations of protiens and carbs |
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| deoxyribonucleir acid (DNA) |
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| pirmary information-bearing molecule of life, composed of two linked chains and nucletides |
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| molecule composed of nucletoides that is active in the syntheses of protiens |
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| molecule in three parts-phoshate, sugar, and nitrogen-containing base-link together and form chain, chain forms DNA |
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