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Macromolecules
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Carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids - they are huge
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Polymer
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Long molecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds. (ex: train consists of a chain of cars)
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Monomer
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The building blocks of a polymer
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Enzyme
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Specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions.
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Dehydration Reaction
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A chemical reaction in which two molecules become covalently bonded to each other with the removal of a water molecule
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Hydrolysis
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A chemical reaction that breaks down between two molecules by the addition of water; dissembles of polymers to monomers
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Carbohydrates
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Include both sugars and polymers of sugars
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Monosaccharides
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Simple sugars
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Disaccharides
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Two monosaccharides
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Glycosidic Linkage
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A covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction
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Polysaccharides
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Macromolecules, polymers with monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages
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Starch
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Polymer of glucose monomers
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Glycogen
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Polymer of glucose
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Cellulose
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Structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls, consisting of glucose monomers joined by beta glycosidic linkages
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Chitin
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Carbohydrate used by arthropods (insects) to build their exoskeletons
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