✓ ~~~Macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions
Dehydration reactions
✓ ~~~Monomers are connected through _________ _______ with the loss of a water
molecule
Hydrolysis
✓ ~~~Disassemble polymers
Carbohydrates
✓ ~~~Include sugars and polymers of sugars
Monosaccharides
, ✓ ~~~Have molecular formulas that are some multiple of unit Ch2O and are the simplest
sugars
Disaccharides
✓ ~~~2 monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic linkage
Glycosidic linkage
✓ ~~~A covalent bond formed between 2 monosaccharides by dehydration reactions
Maltose
✓ ~~~Glucose + glucose
Sucrose
✓ ~~~Glucose + fructose
Lactose
✓ ~~~Glucose + galactose
Polysaccharides
✓ ~~~Macromolecules, polymers with many monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages
Starch
✓ ~~~Plants store, ________ a polymer of glucose monomers
Glycogen
, ✓ ~~~Animals store, _______ a polymer of glucose; similar to amylopectin but more
branched
Cellulose
✓ ~~~A major component of the tough wall as that enclose plant cells and the most
abundant organic compound on Earth
Microfibrils
✓ ~~~Strong building material for plants
Chitin
✓ ~~~The carbohydrate used by Arthropoda to build their exoskeletons
Lipids
✓ ~~~grouped together because they mix poorly with water which is based on their
molecular structure
Fat
✓ ~~~Constructed from 2 smaller molecules: glycerol and fatty acids
Glycerol
✓ ~~~An alcohol that has 3 carbons each with a hydroxyl group
Fatty acid
✓ ~~~A long carbon skeleton (16 or 18 carbons)
Triacylglycerol
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