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| scientist who studies the chemistry of organic substances |
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| repeating over and over again |
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| protein that acts as a catalyst for organic chemical reactions |
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| process that produces glucose from H2O and CO2 with energy from light |
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| made with long sequences of amino acids |
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| the simplest organic compound made only of hydrogen and carbon |
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| the sum of all chemical reactions that an organism needs to survive |
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| a compound of one carbon and two oxygens; CO2 |
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| a compound of adenosine and two phosphates (low energy) |
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| a compound of adinosine and three phosphates (high energy) |
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| simple sugar compound; one sugar |
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| many sugars;complex carbohydrate |
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| a complex carbohydrate in potatoes |
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| a compound of carbon and water |
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| table sugar; a disaccharide |
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| a complex carbohydrate in the wood of trees or fibers in celery |
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| most complex carbohydrate in the exoskeleton of insects |
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| fat, oil, or wax; glycerol and fatty acids |
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containing the most
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| less hydrogen because of double bonds between carbon atoms |
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| double-stranded nucleic acid that contains deoxyribose |
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| single-stranded nucleic acid that contains ribose |
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| basic unit of DNA and RNA |
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| any compound that contains carbon |
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| organic compounds that have the same formula but different structure and properties |
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| The chemical formula of aspirin |
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| macromolecule responsible for genetic inheritance |
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| a water-fearing substance; not likely to dissolve in water |
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| the complete unit of a saccharide molecule |
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| very large organic molecules; proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids |
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| nucleic acid that contains ribose and uracil |
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| double-stranded nucleic acid that forms chromosomes |
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| the sum of all chemical reactions that an organism needs to survive |
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| produces glucose from water and carbon dioxide in the presence of light |
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