Lab Quiz- Organic Molecules Flashcards
Hydrocarbons
Molecules made of only carbon and hydrogen
Propane has how many carbons
3
Complex carbohydrates like starch and cellulose can be broken down into
Simple sugars known as monosaccharides
Condensation reaction
Two small molecules are combined to one bigger one
Lipids have much lees of this atom than carbohydrates
Oxygen
Lipids groups?
Steroids
Phospholipids
Fats
Oleic acid
Unsaturated fat the place where there is a double bond between the carbons
Phospholipids
Contains glycerol and fatty acids like a fat molecule BUT one fatty acid chain is replaced by a phosphate group
Amino acid are composed of
Amino group and carboxylic acid group
Nucleic acids composed of
Nucleotides
What are the two sugars of Nucleotides
Ribose and deoxyribose
Ribose
RNA nucleotides
Deoxyribose
DNA
Different nitrogen bases that are part of a nucleotide
Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Uracil
Which nitrogen bases are pyrimidines (single ring molecules)
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil