CHAPTER 3 OUTLINE What are the life-supporting properties of water? 1. Cohesion 2. Temperature modifying 3. Ice floats 4. Universal solvent What are organic molecules? inorganic? 1. Life, carbon Why is carbon such a versatile atom? 1. Structures, possibilities How do you build big molecules? 1. Monomers, polymers What are hydrolysis and dehydration synthesis? 1. Build something big, break it down 2. Water

2 What are the types of carbohydrates? what do they do? 1. Sugars – mono, di 2. Polysaccharides 3. Energy What are the types of lipids? what do they do? 1. Fats 2. Phospholipids 3. Steroids What are the types of proteins? what do they do? 1. Transport, structure 2. Workers What are the types of nucleic acids? what do they do? 1. DNA 2. RNA 3. Information storage