Ch3 vocab biology
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- adhesion
- attractive force between unlike substances
- cohesion
- attractive force between particles of the same kind
- hydrogen bond
- when water molecules are attracted to each other and hold them together
- polar
- opposite
- adenosine triphosphate
- a molecule present in all living cells and acting as an energy source for metabolic process
- macromolecule
- very large organic molecule compound of many smaller molecules
- amino acid
- monomer building blocks of proteins
- carbohydrate
- organic compound present in the cells of all living things and a major organic nutrient for humans
- fatty acid
- unbranched carbon chains that make up most lipids
- lipid
- organic compound insoluble in water, such as fats and steroids
- nucleic acid
- organic molecule, stores and carries info to function
- nucleotide
- monomer of dan and ran, consisting of a nitrogen base, sugar, and a phosphate group
- phospholipid
- 2 fatty acids joined by a molecule go glycerol
- protein
- organic compound composed of 1 or more chains of polyperticles which are formed from amino acids
- triglyceride
- composed of 3 molecules of fatty acid joined to 1 molecule of the alchohoe glycerol
- substrate
- the reactant being catalyzed