Key Terms: Molecules of Life (no spaces)

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Across
  1. 1. large class of molecules that are all hydrophobic
  2. 3. acids, DNA or RNA
  3. 5. attracted to water
  4. 10. Adenine (A), Guanine (G), cytosine (C), Uracil (U)
  5. 12. single bond between C atoms in the hydrocarbon chain
  6. 14. what dissolves a substance
  7. 17. contain ONLY Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen aka sugar molecules
  8. 19. aka Universal Solvent
  9. 20. can be saturated or unsaturated
Down
  1. 2. made up of 4 fused carbon rings attached to a variable group bonded to one end of the rings
  2. 4. structure of specific sequence of amino acids in the chain
  3. 6. it takes a great amount of thermal energy to increase the temp of water by 1 C
  4. 7. binds polypeptides
  5. 8. one or MORE double bonds are present between C atoms in the hydrocarbon chain.
  6. 9. repelled by water
  7. 11. group,parts of a nucleic acid: ______________, sugar and nitrogen base
  8. 13. compounds not containing carbon
  9. 15. Adenine (A), Guanine (G), cytosine (C), Thymine(T)
  10. 16. containing carbon
  11. 18. substance dissolved