Lab Quiz- Organic Molecules Flashcards

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Hydrocarbons

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Molecules made of only carbon and hydrogen

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Propane has how many carbons

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3

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Complex carbohydrates like starch and cellulose can be broken down into

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Simple sugars known as monosaccharides

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Condensation reaction

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Two small molecules are combined to one bigger one

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Lipids have much lees of this atom than carbohydrates

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Oxygen

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Lipids groups?

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Steroids
Phospholipids
Fats

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Oleic acid

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Unsaturated fat the place where there is a double bond between the carbons

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Phospholipids

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Contains glycerol and fatty acids like a fat molecule BUT one fatty acid chain is replaced by a phosphate group

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Amino acid are composed of

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Amino group and carboxylic acid group

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Nucleic acids composed of

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Nucleotides

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What are the two sugars of Nucleotides

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Ribose and deoxyribose

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Ribose

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RNA nucleotides

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Deoxyribose

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DNA

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13
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Different nitrogen bases that are part of a nucleotide

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Adenine
Guanine 
Cytosine 
Thymine
Uracil
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Which nitrogen bases are pyrimidines (single ring molecules)

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Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil

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Adenine and guanine are double ring molecules called

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Purines

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Each nucleotide is constructed of

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Phosphate group
Sugar
Nitrogen base

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What does guanine fit with

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Cystosine

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What does adenine fit with

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Thymine or uracil

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What is the backbone of a nucleotide chain

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Sugars and phosphates