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Mono-unsaturated

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A fat with one carbon-carbon bond

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Polyunsaturated

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A fat with many carbon-carbon bonds

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3 examples of lipids

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Phospholipids, triglycerides, waxes

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Monosaccharides (2)

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  • Small organic molecules which provide energy in respiration
  • The building blocks for larger carbohydrates
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Disaccharides (2)

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  • Two monosaccharides bonded together

- Linked by a single oxygen atom (through a condensation reaction)

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Glycosidic bonds

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Bonds between two monosaccharides

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Hydrolysis

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Breaking large molecules into smaller ones with the addition of water

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Polysaccharides

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Complex polymers with monomers which are monosaccharides

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Glycogen (2)

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  • The main storage polysaccharide in animals

- It is the essentially the animal version of starch

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Chitin

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A structural polysaccharide (found in exoskeletons and fungal walls)

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Cellulose

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A structural polysaccharide found in cell walls

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12
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The formula for an amino group (in the same format as H2O)

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NH2

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13
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Amphoteric

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When something has acidic and basic properties

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Zwitterions

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Have a positive and negative charge

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