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| Many similar or identical monomers linked together by covalent bonds. |
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| The repeated units found in polymers. |
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| Condensation or Dehydration Reactions |
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| "A reaction in which two molecules become covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a small molecule, usually water." |
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| Adding a water molecule, thus breaking a bond, and disassembling polymers into monomers. |
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| The smallest carbohydrates, and serve as fuel and carbon sources (fuel for other macromolecules). |
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| Polymers of sugars, and have storage and structural roles. |
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-Simple sugars
Ex. Glucose
- have a carbonyl group and multiple hydroxyl groups |
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- Double sugars
- consist of two monosaccharides joined by a condensation reaction |
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| Monosaccharides are also classified by... |
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| The number of carbons in the backbone. |
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| Recognize the structure of a sugar |
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| In the form of ring structures |
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| A storage polysaccharide composed entirely of glucose monomers. |
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- "An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals
- the animal equivalent of starch |
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| A major component of the tough wall of plant cells. |
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| Diverse, hydrophobic molecules |
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| The unifying feature of lipids is... |
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| That they all have little or no affinity for water (hydrophobic). |
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