| A | B |
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| amino acid | one of twenty monomers that forms proteins |
| capillarity | the ability of a liquid to move upward against the force of gravity by molecular attraction to a surrounding surface. |
| cabohydrate | organic compoounds composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. These includes the sugars and starches |
| cohesion | the bonding of water molecules to each other |
| disaccharide | a double sugar formed from two monosaccharides. Table sugar is an example. |
| enzyme | a protein that acts a a catalyst. |
| fat | a triglyceride that is a solid a room temperature |
| Inorganic Compound | A compound that comes from non-living things |
| Lipid | a fat, oil, wax, or steroid made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. |
| Macromolecule | a large molecule, often a polymer. |
| Monosaccharide | a simple six-cabon sugar such a glucose or fructose |
| Nucleic Acid | An organic molecule, DNA or RNA, that stores and carries important information for cell function. |
| oil | a triglyceride that is a liquid a room temperature |
| organic compound | compounds that contanin carbon and are essential for all living things |
| polysaccharide | complex cabohydrate such as a starch that is composed of three or more monosaccharides |
| protein | oganic compounds composed of amino acids and make up muscles of ani mals. |
| Ribonucleic Acid | (RNA) nucleic acid that stores and transfers information essential for the manufacturing of proteins |
| steroid | lipid composed of four carbon rings that do not dissolve in water and are found in hormones, toad venoms and plant poisons |
| triglycerides | lipids such as fats and oils that consist of three or more molecules of fatty acids joined to one molecule of glycerol. |
| wax | a water-proof lipid that consists of long fatty acid chain joined to a large alcohol. |
| fatty acid | a monomer that makes up most lipids especially lipids such as fats and waxes. |
| monomer | smaller units that combine to form larger molecules |
| polymer | when two or more monomers combine |
| nucleotide | The building blocks of nuceic acids. |
| chemical reaction | process that changes one seto of chemicals into another set of chemicals |
| Reactants | the elements or compounds that enter into a chemical reaction |
| Products | the elements or compounds produced by the chemical reaction |
| activation energy | the energy needed to get a reaction started |
| catalyst | a substance that speeds up a reaction |
| substrates | the reactants of enzyme-catalyzed reactions |
