Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

Question 1

Adhesion

Answer 1

The tendency of water to cling to other polar compounds due to hydrogen bonding.

Question 2

Amino acids

Answer 2

the subunit structure(monomer) of which proteins are produced.

Question 3

Atoms

Answer 3

the smallest unit of an element that contains all the characteristics of that element. The building blocks of matter.

Question 4

Base

Answer 4

solutions with a pH above 7

Question 5

Cation

Answer 5

An atom with a net positive charge

Question 6

Cellulose

Answer 6

Structural polysaccharides with beta-glucose linkages

Question 7

Chaperone proteins

Answer 7

Helps other proteins fold correctly

Question 8

Chitin

Answer 8

Structural material found in arthropods

Question 9

Dehydration synthesis

Answer 9

Chemical reactions that link monomers into polymer macromolecules

Question 10

Disaccharide

Answer 10

Formed by linking two monosaccharides

Question 11

Homologouss

Answer 11

Structures with same evolutionary origin but now differ in structure and function

Question 12

Homoeostatsis

Answer 12

Maintenance of constant internal conditions

Question 13

Hydrophilic

Answer 13

Compounds that are polar (like water)

Question 14

Hydrophobic

Answer 14

“Water- fearing”

Question 15

Isotopes

Answer 15

atoms of an element that possess different numbers of neutrons

Question 16

Nonpolar

Answer 16

Covalent bonds in which the electrons are shared equally

Question 17

Oxidation

Answer 17

Reaction in which there is a loss of electrons

Question 18

Phospholipid

Answer 18

lipid that forms all of our cells membranes

Question 19

Polymer

Answer 19

long molecules built by linking smaller monomers

Question 20

Tertiary

Answer 20

folded shape of a globular protein