Chemistry of Life
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- hydrocarbon
- This molecule cottons only hydrogen and carbon
- carbohydrate
- An organic molecule that stores energy
- biomass
- The total mass of all living matter
- functional group
- A small molecule that replaces a hydrogen atom in an organic molecule
- organic compound
- All these compounds cotain carbon
- lipid
- Biological compounds including fats, oils, and waxes. Insoluble in water.
- polymer
- Molecule made of small molecules linked together
- amino acid
- This organic molecule is a building block of protein
- saturated hydrocarbon
- Organic compound cottoning only single bonds
- biomolecule
- A large organic molecule found in living organisms
- monomer
- Molecule that forms link in a longer molecule chain (polymer)
- nucleic acid
- A molecule that stores cellular information