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Isomer
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Compunds with same simple formula but different structures.
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Monomer
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Simple Subunit such as glucose or fructose
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Polymer
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Numerous monormers(brick wall) like sucrose or carbs
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Condensation
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The removal of water which bonds subunits
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Hydrolosis
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Adding water shich breaks apart subunits
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When Condensation occurs between fructose and glucose it creates...
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Sucrose(cane sugar) disaccharide
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Monosaccharide
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A simple sugar like fructoseor gluscose
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Disaccharide
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When two monosaccharides bond together through condensation
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•Polysaccharide-
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•- largest carbohydrate. Polymers are composed of many monosaccharide subunits, like:
–Starch (food storage in plants)
–Glycogen (storage of food in liver for mammals)
–Cellulose (forms the rigid cell walls of plant cells)
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Cellulose is a...
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Polysaccharide
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The backbones of lipids and has the bond...
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Glycerol(CH2-CH-CH2 with 3 fatty acids)
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Unsaturated Fats
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Contain double bonds in the fatty acid chain
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Saturated Fats
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•contain only single bonds b/c the carbons are completely “saturated” with hydrogen's.
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Protein
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•large complex polymers that contain nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and carbon.
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Amino Acid
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the building blocks of proteins that have 20 different kinds bonded in chains
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