Matter and Organic Compounds Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• protein : organic compound made up of amino acids.
• chemical reaction : a process that changes some chemicals into others.
• unsaturated : _ fatty acids - lipids that are liquid at room temperature.
• compound : substance that consists of two or more elements.
• matter : anything that takes up space and has mass.
• amino acid : the smallest component of a protein.
• dna : genetic code of all living things.
• saturated : _ fatty acid - lipids that are solid at room temperature.
• rna : nucleic acid that takes instructions from dna to build a protein.
• lipid : an organic compound, such as fat or oil, that are used to store energy.
• nucleotide : a molecule made up of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base.
• polysaccharide : a complex carbohydrate that forms when simple sugars come together in a chain.
• nucleic acid : an organic compound such as dna or rna.
• chemical bond : the force that holds molecules together in a compound.
• base pair : complementary _ - nitrogen bases must bind to a specific different base (a-t).
• monosaccharide : simple sugar such as glucose or fructose.
• polypeptide : a long chain of nucleic acids that come together to build a protein.
• element : a pure substance that cannot be broken down into a different substance.
• carbohydrate : an organic compound, such as sugar or starch, used to store energy.
• organic compound : a compound found mainly in living things with carbon as the main element.