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- 5. Group A functional group characterized by a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms
- 7. Compound any of a large class of chemical compounds in which one or more atoms of carbon are covalently linked to atoms
- 10. is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy
- 11. also called simple sugars, are the simplest form of sugar
- 13. Compound contain ions and are held together by the attractive forces among the oppositely charged ions.
- 16. made up of chemical 'building blocks' called amino acids.
- 18. Cycle a process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow
- 19. Acid molecules that combine to form proteins.
- 22. Acid is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding
- 23. is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules
- 24. Cycle the main source of energy for cells and an important part of aerobic respiration.
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- 1. is the sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
- 2. are the most abundant carbohydrate found in food.
- 3. Respiration the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules
- 4. Acid is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other
- 6. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose
- 8. the basic building block of chemistry
- 9. Triphosphate is an organic compound and hydrotrope that provides energy to drive many processes in living cells
- 12. In biology and biochemistry, a lipid is a macro biomolecule that is soluble in nonpolar solvents.
- 14. Compound typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds
- 15. Acid Nucleic acids are biopolymers, macromolecules, essential to all known forms of life.
- 17. a type of sugar you get from foods you eat, and your body uses it for energy.
- 20. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
- 21. a cytoplasmic pathway which breaks down glucose into two three-carbon compounds and generates energy.
