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What element do proteins contain that carbohydrates don’t have?

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Nitrogen

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What does organic mean?

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Made with carbon

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What are the monomers of proteins?

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Peptides

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What is an organic catalyst?

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Enzyme

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Name 3 kinds of lipids

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Fats, oils, waxes

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What is it called when 2 amino acids are joined together?

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Do peptide

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What molecule must be lost for 2 monosaccharides to join together?

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Water

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What are the monomers of carbohydrates?

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Monosaccharides

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What is the name of the process that changes 2 glucose into 1 sucrose?

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Dehydration synthesis

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What’s the chemical formula for glucose?

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C6H12O6

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What type of organic compound is used to build muscle?

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Proteins

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What’s the polysaccharide that animals use to store carbohydrate for short periods of time?

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Glycogen

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The amount of energy needed to start a chemical reaction is called…

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Activation energy

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What formula would a pentasaccharide have?

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C30 H52 O26

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What’s the protein structure that looks like a straight line?

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Primary

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Which fat contains more than one carbon-carbon double bond?

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Unsaturated

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What is the place on the enzyme where the substrate fits?

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Active site

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What takes the place of a substrate on an enzyme and blocks it from bonding?

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Inhibitor

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What are the monomers of nucleic acids?

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Nucleotides

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What does the lipid structure contain?

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Glycerol backbone and 3 fatty acid chains

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What are some examples of lipids?

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Beeswax, polyunsaturated fat

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What are examples of protein?

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Polypeptide, hemoglobin, amylase

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What are examples of carbohydrates?

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Sucrose, cellulose

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What are some examples of nucleic acids?

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DNA

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