Key Terms: Molecules of Life (no spaces)
Across
- 1. large class of molecules that are all hydrophobic
- 3. acids, DNA or RNA
- 5. attracted to water
- 10. Adenine (A), Guanine (G), cytosine (C), Uracil (U)
- 12. single bond between C atoms in the hydrocarbon chain
- 14. what dissolves a substance
- 17. contain ONLY Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen aka sugar molecules
- 19. aka Universal Solvent
- 20. can be saturated or unsaturated
Down
- 2. made up of 4 fused carbon rings attached to a variable group bonded to one end of the rings
- 4. structure of specific sequence of amino acids in the chain
- 6. it takes a great amount of thermal energy to increase the temp of water by 1 C
- 7. binds polypeptides
- 8. one or MORE double bonds are present between C atoms in the hydrocarbon chain.
- 9. repelled by water
- 11. group,parts of a nucleic acid: ______________, sugar and nitrogen base
- 13. compounds not containing carbon
- 15. Adenine (A), Guanine (G), cytosine (C), Thymine(T)
- 16. containing carbon
- 18. substance dissolved