| A | B |
|---|
| organic compound | molecules made with carbon as their backbone |
| monomer | a single repeating unit of a polymer |
| polymer | a long chain of monomers |
| macromolecule | a very large molecule |
| carbohydrate | a compound with C, H, & O with a 2:1 H:O ratio |
| monosaccharide | monomers of carbohydrates (fructose, glucose, galactose) |
| disaccharide | dimers of carbohydrates (sucrose, lactose, maltose) |
| polysaccharide | polymers of carbohydrates |
| protein | the polymer made of amino acid chains |
| amino acid | the monomer of proteins and polypeptides |
| enzyme | specialized proteins that lower activation energy |
| substrate | the specific molecule an enzyme works for |
| active site | the place on an enzyme that fits the substrate like a lock and key |
| lipid | hydrophobic molecule that is made of C, H, & O |
| nucleic acid | organic compound polymers made of nucleotides (RNA & DNA) |
| deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA which is the code of life |
| ribonucleic acid | RNA which takes the code of DNA out to the ribosomes for making proteins |
