Macromolecules and Cell Structure

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  1. 3. a chemical reaction that absorbs heat from its environment.
  2. 5. the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell.
  3. 6. end substances after a biological process has occurred.
  4. 8. a space within a cell that is empty of cytoplasm, lined with a membrane, and filled with fluid.
  5. 10. the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA).
  6. 16. a macromolecule. he body's main fuel source.
  7. 18. small molecules that are the building blocks of proteins.
  8. 19. A sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal fats and oils or by the fermentation of glucose.
  9. 21. separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment.
  10. 23. a molecule contains double or triple carbon-carbon bonds. not saturated.
  11. 24. a structural layer that surrounds some cell types, found immediately outside the cell membrane.
  12. 25. microscopic hair-like structures involved in the locomotion of a cell.
  13. 26. the building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in the food we eat.
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  1. 1. naturally occurring chemical compounds that serve as the primary information-carrying molecules in cells.
  2. 2. a stack of small flat sacs formed by membranes inside the cell's cytoplasm
  3. 4. a chemical reaction that releases energy by light or heat.
  4. 6. a molecule made up of amino acid
  5. 7. proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions of our body
  6. 9. produce proteins for the rest of the cell to function.
  7. 11. a macromolecule a fatty, waxy, or oily compounds that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in polar solvents such as water.
  8. 12. the sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage
  9. 13. completely filled with something so that no more can be added.A saturated substance is one in which the atoms are linked by single bonds.
  10. 14. the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) from which all carbohydrates are built
  11. 15. a carbohydrate that can be decomposed by hydrolysis into two or more molecules of monosaccharides.
  12. 17. the cellular machinery responsible for making proteins.
  13. 20. the minimum energy required to cause a process (such as a chemical reaction) to occur.
  14. 22. the repository of genetic information and the cell's control center
  15. 24. produce energy through photosynthesis and oxygen-release processes,