with Answers
Macro-molecules - Correct Answer Polymers consisting of long chains of
monomers that are joined by dehydration synthesis and broken down by hydrolysis
Hydrocarbon - Correct Answer contain only carbon and hydrogen
contains lots of energy
nonpolor
isomer - Correct Answer isomer
compound with the same empirical formula but different structures
Stereoisomers - Correct Answer differ how groups attach
enantiomers - Correct Answer mirror image stereoisomers
chitin - Correct Answer the structural material found in arthropods
monosaccharide - Correct Answer simplest carbohydrate
glucose
disaccharide - Correct Answer two monosaccharides linked together by
dehydration synthesis
used for sugar transport or energy storage
examples: sucrose,lactose,maltose
polysaccharides - Correct Answer long polymers made of monosaccharides
linked through dehydration synthesis
used for energy storage; plants use starch, humans use glycogen
nucleic acids - Correct Answer 5 carbon sugar chain linked together by
phosphodiester bonds with a nitrogenous base. long polymers of nucelotides
deoxyribose - Correct Answer sugar used in DNA
ribose - Correct Answer sugar used in RNA
adenine - Correct Answer nitrogenous base that
pairs with nitrogenous base thymine in DNA or uracil in RNA
guanine - Correct Answer nitrogenous base that
pairs with the nitrogenous base cytosine