Compounds with covalently bonded carbon atoms

What is an organic compound?

Number of covalent bonds carbon can form

What is four?

Number of electrons shared in a triple bond

What is six?

Small subunits bonded together to make large carbon compounds

What are monomers?

Simplest type of bond between two carbon atoms

What is a single covalent bond?

Repeating linked carbon units or monomers make this

What is a polymer?

Large polymers are called this

What are macromolecules?

Process that links monomers by removing molecules of water

What is condensation or dehydration synthesis?

Meaning of the prefix poly-?

What is many?

Process that breaks down polymers

What is hydrolysis?

Molecule removed to break polymers into monomers

What is water?

Amino acids link to make this polymer

What are polypeptides or proteins?

Backbone element in organic polymers

What is carbon?

Macromolecules that can store the most energy

What are lipids or fats?

Energy molecule stored in cells

What is ATP?

Monomer for carbohydrates

What are monosaccarhides?

Three simple sugars

What are glucose, fructose, & galactose?

General formula for any monosaccharide

What is C6H12O6 or (CH2O)n?

Sucrose is this type of carbohydrate

What is a disaccharide?

Two common polysaccharides found in plants

What are cellulose & starch?

Monomers of proteins

What are amino acids?

Bond that forms between amino acids

What is a peptide bond?

Temperate and pH can have this effect on a protein

What is change shape or denture?

Main difference among the twenty amino acids

What are the side or R groups?

Enzymes are this type of macromolecule

What are proteins?

Reactant catalyzed by an enzyme

What is a substrate?

Effect on an enzyme of changing pH or temperature

What is change the enzyme’s shape?

Makes a fatty acid saturated

What is all single bonds between carbons in chain?

Two fatty acids joined with a molecule of glycerol in cell membranes

What is a phospholipid?