| Long macromolecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds |
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| Repeating units that serve as the building blocks of a polymer |
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| Reaction in which two molecules are covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a water molecule |
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| Process that dissembles polymers into monomers |
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| A disaccharide consists of two monosaccharides joined by a... |
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| Macromolecule used as storage and building material |
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| Polysaccharide polymer consisting entirely of glucose monomers |
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| Polysaccharide component of plant cell walls |
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| Polysaccharide used by arthropods to build their exoskeletons |
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| Macromolecules that do not consist of polymers: they have little or no affinity for water |
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| Fat = how many fatty acids to glycerol |
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| Fatty acid with no double bond between carbon atoms composing the chain: as many hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon skeleton as possible: |
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| 2 Fatty acids to glycerol and phosphate in third hydroxyl group |
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| Lipids characterized by carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings |
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| Common steroid component of animal cell membranes |
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| Proteins that catalyze chemical reactions without being consumed |
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| How many different amino acids construct all proteins |
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| Organic molecules possessing both carboxyl and amino groups |
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| Covalent bond between two amino acids |
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| Unique sequence of amino acids |
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| Protein segments repeatedly coiled or folded in patterns that contribute to the protein's overall conformation |
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| Overall shape of a polypeptide resulting from interactions between the side chains of the various amino acids |
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| Overall protein structure that results from the aggregation of these polypeptide subunits |
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| Protein unraveling and losing its native conformation because of physical and chemical conditions |
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| Protein molecules that assist the proper folding of other proteins |
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| Method used to determine a protein's three-dimensional structure |
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| Unit of inheritance consisting of DNA |
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| Two types of nucleic acids |
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| Nucleic acid are polymers called: |
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| Composed of nitrogenous base, a pentose, and a phosphate group |
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| Has a six-membered ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms |
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| Six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring |
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| Pentose connected to the nitrogenous base in RNA |
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| Pentose connected to the nitrogenous base in DNA |
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| Adjacent nucleotides are joined by covalent bonds called... |
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| Two polynucleotides of DNA molecules spiral around an imaginary axis forming a... |
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| Arrangement of sugar-phosphate backbones running in opposite 5' --> 3' directions from each other |
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Periodic Table 
The Nine Planets 
Digits of Pi
