Lipids

Question 1

what unifies the lipids into a single group? what part of their structure is primarily responsible for this property

Question 2

what is a fatty acid

Question 3

what is a saturated fatty acid

Question 4

what is a unsaturated fatty acid

Question 5

what type of fatty acids would be solid at room temperature?

Question 6

what fatty acid is liquid at room temp

Question 7

how does the length of the hydrocarbon tail contribute to the fluidity of the lipid

Question 8

what are the two structural components of a fat

Question 9

what is added to a fat with two fatty acid chains to make it a phospholipid? is it polar or nonpolar

Question 10

what does the term amphipathic mean?

Question 11

what is the general structure of a steroid? what component of phospholipids is facing outward, inward

Question 12

what is the general structure of a steroid

Question 13

what steroid is often modified to make other steroids