3.1 Study Guide Flashcards
1
Q
What are Carbons?
A
Carbons are building blocks of life.
2
Q
What are Hydrocarbons?
A
Organic molecules used as fuel.
3
Q
What functions are polar?
A
Hydroxyl, Carbonyl, Sulfhildryl, Ethanol.
4
Q
What functions are nonpolar?
A
Methyl, Ethane.
5
Q
What functions are positively charged?
A
Amino.
6
Q
What functions are negatively charged?
A
Carboxyl, Phosphate.
7
Q
What are Isomers?
A
Molecules with some molecular formula but different structures (shape).
8
Q
What are Monomers? What process combines them into a Polymer?
A
Singular acid blocks; Dehydration Synthesis.
9
Q
What are Polymers? What process breaks them apart into Monomers?
A
Combined structures formed from Monomers; Hydrolysis.
10
Q
What is given and taken to do both processes? What is also required for both processes?
A
H2O; energy and enzymes.
