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U1T1 - Keywords Flashcards

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Bioelements

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Natural element producing chem comps for living organisms.

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Polar

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Unevenly distributed charges

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Non-polar

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Evenly distributed charges.

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Solvent

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Liquid that dissolves solute.

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Lamella

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Membranes folded in chloroplasts.

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ATP

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Adenine Triphosphate

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Organic compounds/molecules

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Chem comps with rings/chains of carbon

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Covalent bonds

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2 atoms have a shared pair of electrons. Very strong.

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Condensation

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Removing a water molecule to make a bond.

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Hydrolysis

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Adding water molecule to break a bond.

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Glycosidic bond

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Covalent bond that joins carb molecules to another group.

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Hexose sugar

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Sugar with 6 carbon atoms per molecule.

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Structural isomers

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Same molecular formula but diff structural formula

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A1,4 glycosidic bond

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OH group sticks down from ring. Links C1 + C4.

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B1,4 glycosidic bond

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OH group sticks up from ring. Links C1 + C4.

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Monosaccharide

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Simple sugar, formula of (CH20)n. Sweet, soluble + crystalline.

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Disaccharide

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2 monosaccharides combined. Condensation reactions form their glycosidic bonds.

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Polysaccharide.

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Many monosaccharides bonded by glycosidic bonds (macromolecule)

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19
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Saturated fatty acid

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Single bonds between carbon atoms, max num of hydrogen atoms.

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Unsaturated fatty acid

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1+ double bonds between carbon atoms.

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Triglyceride

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3 fatty acids + glycerol joined by ester bonds

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Micronutrients

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Trace elements

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Ionic bonding

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Bond between polar elements (metal + non-metal)

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Cations

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+ charged ions

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Anions

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  • charged ions
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Chlorosis

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Yellowing of leaves

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DNA

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Deoxyribose nucleic acid

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Nucleotides

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Molecules made up of pentose sugar, phosphate group + nitrogenous base.

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Rickets

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Lack of calcium leading to holey bonds, knock knees etc.

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Buffer

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Chem which resists pH changes to ensure always optimum.

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Benedicts test

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Semi-quantitative test for reducing sugars.

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Phospholipids

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Similar to triglycerides. Ionised phosphate group, polar.

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Phosphodiester bond

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Bond between pentose sugar + phosphate molecule of next molecule.

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34
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Anti-parallel

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Run in opposite directions to each other

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Chromosome

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Tightly packed DNA wound round histone.

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Chlorophyll

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Green pigment which absorbs light for photosynthesis.

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37
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Active transport

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Movement of ions against concentration gradient (higher to lower) assisted by enzymes

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38
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Exergonic reaction

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Reaction where energy is released

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39
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Turgidity

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Helps plant cells keep structure

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40
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Monomers

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Molecule that can join to other monomers to form polymer.

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41
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Polymers

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Chain like macromolecule of many repeating monomers joined.

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Polymerisation

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Process of joining monomers to create a polymer.

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Carbohydrates

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Organic molecule made of carbon, hydrogen + oxygen.

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Fructose

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Hexose sugar, sweetest.

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Lactose

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Sugar in milk.

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Maltose

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First product of starch digestion. Broken into glucose for respiration. Brewing + food manufacture as malt.

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Sucrose

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Sugar transported from leaves to growth areas, not reducing. Soluble transport carb in plants.

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Reducing sugar

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Sugar that can reduce due to free aldehyde group. More easily broken down.

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Amylose

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Linear, unbranched chain of a-glucose molecules by 1,4 g bonds.Coiled to spiral, held together by h bonds.

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Amylopectin

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Branched molecule of 1,4 and 1,6 a-glucose monomers.

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Glycogen

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Storage carb in animal + fungal cells. Contains a-glucose.

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Microfibril

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Fine fibril with glycoproteins + cellulose.

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Cellulose

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Polymer of b-glucose units. Insoluble.

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Pentose sugar

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5 carbon sugar

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Micelles

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Spherical structures that occur when phospholipids are mixed with water.

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True lipids

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Esters of fatty acids + glycerol, formed by condensation reactions.

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Peptide bond

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Bond between 2 amino acids.

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Dipeptide

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2 amino acids joined together

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Primary structure

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Sequence of amino acids in polypeptide chain.

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Secondary structure

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When parts of polypeptide chain take shape after formation at ribosome. Folded/twisted.

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Tertiary structure

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3D shape. Unique. Made perm by 4 types of bonds.

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Hydrophobic interactions

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When hyrophobic tails point in and hydrophilic heads point out and h bond with surrounding water molecules.

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Globular proteins

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Spherical tertiary structure,

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Quaternary structure

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2+ polypeptide chains bond. e.g haemoglobin becomes conjugated protein

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Disulphide bridges

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Bonds which hold polypeptide chains together.

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Prosthetic group

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Non-protein group which joins to a protein made of polypeptide chains (quaternary)

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Conjugated protein

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Protein + prosthetic group

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Fibrous protein

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Polypeptides in parallel chains, linked to form long fibrous sheets.

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Collagen

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3 polypeptide chains twisted into helix. Very strong.

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Prosthetic group

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Non-protein group which joins to a protein made of polypeptide chains (quaternary) which is necessary for function

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Glycoprotein

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Conjugated proteins

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Prions

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Disease causing proteins. Protinaceous infectious particles.

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DNA polymerase

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Enzyme which catalyses DNA polymerisation of nucleotides to form polynucleotide chain.

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Semi-conservative replication

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DNA replication. One strand conserved, one new.

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DNA helicase

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Separates 2 DNA strands, uses ATP. Allows nucleotides to attach.

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DNA ligase

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Joins polynucleotide pieces together.

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Replication forks

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Areas where DNA replication occurs.

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Rf

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Retardation factor.

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Ester bond

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Carboxyl group of fatty acid + hydroxyl group of glycerol.

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Nucleic acids

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Many repeating nucleotides.

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RNA

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Ribonucleic acid

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Complementary base pairing

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The way nitrogenous bases pair up (purine to pyrimidine) in order to ensure there is equal width in a DNA molecule.

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Element

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A substance containing only one type of atom.

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Molecule

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Two or more atoms chemically bonded.

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Compound

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A molecule containing 2+ diff elements.

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Ion

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An atom/group of atoms with electric charge due to loss/gain of 1+ electrons.

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Macromolecule

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Big molecule (e.g. carb/lipid/protein/nucleic acid) consisting of smaller molecules linked together.

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Adhesion

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H bonds let water create multiple bonds with other polar molecules so it can climb e.g. capillary action.

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Cohesion

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H bonds let water create multiple bonds with itself so it sticks together. e.g. surface tension (belly flop)

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Density anomality

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The fact that ice is less dense than water.

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High specific heat

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Water needs lots of energy to break its hydrogen bonds so it takes a lot for its temp to increase.

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Colloid/colloidal suspension

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When a layer of water forms on top of molecules which don’t dissolve, meaning they stay dispersed.

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Fatty acid

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Composed of C,H,O + carboxyl group at one end.

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Glycolipids

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Combination of carbohydrate and lipid

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Lipoproteins

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Lipid + protein. Large + water soluble.

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Nucleoside

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Bond between nitrogenous base and deoxyribose molecule, glycosidic bond.

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Organic macromolecules

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A large molecule made of subunits with carbon originating in living organisms.

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Trioses

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Monosaccharide with (CH2O)3 formula.

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Heptose

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Monosaccharide with 7 carbon atoms.

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Tensile strength

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Ability of a material to withstand being stretched before breaking.

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SSS

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Single (bonds) saturated (triglyceride) solid (at room temp).

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DUL

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Double (bonds) unsaturated (triglyceride) liquid (at room temp).

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Deoxyribose

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Soluble carb which is a component of DNA.

BGS Bio AS1 (14 decks)

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