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Biochemestry
Question | Answer |
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organic compound | Any compound that contains the element carbon. |
Macromolecule | Large molecule/compound made of many small molecules. |
4 organic macromolecules | Carbohydrate, lipid, protein, nucleic acid. |
Monomer | One identical or almost identical compound that can be linked together. |
Polymer | Large molecule mad by bonding many monomers together. |
Carbohydrate | It gives energy for cells. |
Protein | It makes body strutures and help body grow. |
Lipid | it stores energy, stores and move vitamins and protects organism |
Nucleic Acid | It holds all the instruction to make your body. |
Monosacharide | It is the "Carbohydrate" monomer it has C,H,O in it. It's structure looks like a ring. |
Amino acid | It is the "Protein" monomer it has C,H,O,N in it. It's structur looks like a branched chain. |
Fatty acid | It is the lipid(fat) monomer it has C,H,O in it. It's structure looks like a chain. |
Nucleotide | It is the "Nucleic acid" monomer it has C,H,O,N,P in it. It's structure looks like a double helix. |