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Biomolecule Vocab
Key words in biomolecule unit
Term | Definition |
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Mono | one |
Di | two |
Poly | many |
saccharide | sugar |
ose | sugar |
monomer | basic building block of polymers |
polymer | larger unit made of repeating smaller units |
carbohydrate | biomolecule that provides energy |
lipid | biomolecule that stores energy and make cell membrane |
protein | biomolecule used to build structures in the body |
nucleic acid | biomolecule that saves instructions for making proteins in the genetic code |