Biochemistry Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- cellulose : polysaccharide that plants use for structure and support
- water : to hydrolyze a bond between two monomers, you would have to add a molecule of _
- carboxyl : -cooh is called a _ group
- dehydration : the reaction that joins monomers together in biological macromolecules is _ synthesis
- hydrophobic : diethyl ether is poorly soluble in water, therefore it is a _ molecule
- lactose : glucose + galactose makes _
- fructose : the disaccharide sucrose is made by joining glucose with _
- enzyme : the name of macromolecule ends in -ase. it is likely to be an _
- hydrogen : this type of bond holds the two strands of dna together in the double helix
- phospholipid : in this type of lipid, one of the fatty acids is replaced with a hydrophilic group
- steroid : examples of this type of lipid are hormones like testosterone and estrogen
- twenty : the number of amino acids that humans use
- amino acid : monomer of proteins
- uracil : rna uses this nitrogenous base instead of thymine
- nucleotide : monomer of nucleic acids
- ribose : five-carbon sugar in rna nucleotides
- liver : you might find glycogen stored in this abdominal organ
- starch : plants make this polysaccharide for energy storage
- activation : the minimum energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur
- protein : you would find sulfur in this macromolecule of life.
- chitin : insects use this polysaccharide for their exoskeletons
- saturated : butter is an animal product, so the fat it contains is likely to be of this type
- glycerol : the "backbone" of a triglyceride
