Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Macromolecules A giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules, usually by a condensation reaction.
Polymers A large molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together.
Monomers The subunit that serves as the building block of a polymer.
Condensation Reaction A reaction in which two molecules become covalently bonded through the loss of a small molecule, usually water, in which case this is also called a dehydration reaction.
Dehrydration Reaction A condensation reaction missing a water molecule.
Enzymes A macromolecule serving as a catalyst, a chemical agent that changes the rate of a reaction without being consumed by a reaction.
Hydrolysis A chemical process that lysis (splits) molecules by the addition of water, functioning in disassembly of polymers to monomers.
Carbohydrates A sugar (monosaccharide) of one of its dimers (disaccharides) or polymers (polysaccharides)
Monosaccharides The simplest carbohydrate, active alone or serving as a monomer for disaccharides. Also known as simple sugars, monosaccharides generally have molecular formulas that are some multiple of CH2O
Disaccharide A double sugar, consisting of two monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic linkage formed during dehydration synthesis.
Glycosidic Linkage A covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides during a dehydration reaction.
Polysaccharide A polymer of many monosaccharides, formed by dehydration reactions.
Starch a storage polysaccharide in plants, consisting entirely of glucose monomers joined by glycosidic linkages.
Glycogen An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle.
Lipids One of a group of compounds, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids that mix poorly, if at all, with water.
Fatty Acid A long carbon chain carboxylic acid. Fatty acids vary in length and in the number and location of double bonds. Three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule form a fat molecule.
Saturated Fatty Acid A fatty acid in which all carbons in the hydrocarbon tail are connected by single bonds, thus maximizing the number of attached hydrogen molecules.
Unsaturated Fatty Acid A fatty acid possessing one or more double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail, thus reducing the number of hydrogen molecules attached.
Trans Fats An unsaturated fat containing one or more double bonds.
Phospholipids A lipid made up of glycerol joined to two fatty acids and a phosphate group. The hydrocarbon chains of the fatty acids act as nonpolar hydrophobic tails, while the rest of the molecule acts as a polar, hydrophilic head.
Steroids A type of lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings with various chemical groups attached.
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