Across
- 1. does not like water
- 5. The act of two of the same substances sticking together.
- 7. A nucleoside with a phosphate group attached to the sugar.
- 8. Water is a ____________ solvent.
- 12. large more complex structures made of smaller units
- 13. the basic unit of life
- 14. large sugar molecules
- 19. A lipid which contains a phosphate group and 2 fatty acid tails.Make up the cell membrane.
- 20. Carbohydrates are responsible for _________________ energy.
- 23. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 25. The _____ of a protein is very important for its function.
- 26. The main function of these is long term energy storage
- 27. Solid water floats in liquid water because it is less __________.
- 28. These have no 'main' function because they do so much in the body.
- 30. A simple sugar e.g. glucose or fructose.
Down
- 2. Water is a _____ molecule because of its shape.
- 3. The first thing your body will break down to get energy.
- 4. The act of two different molecules sticking together.
- 6. Water creates surface ____________ because of cohesion.
- 9. Does not dissolve well in water, so it is considered a ____ molecule.
- 10. Small molecule that is a building block to another.
- 11. loves water
- 15. The minor component in a solution, which is dissolved in the solvent.
- 16. the 6 elements necessary for life
- 17. Never broken down as a source of energy.
- 18. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.
- 19. The type of bond between two amino acids in a protein.
- 21. The body will break down proteins as a _______ resort for energy.
- 22. An example of adhesion is ____________ action.
- 24. The base of a nucleotide contains ____________.
- 29. Water has a high ____________________ that allows it to regulate temperatures on Earth.