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Chapter 2 & Chapter 3 Definitions

You So Fatty!

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A type of lipid with four carbon rings and no fatty acid tails.


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Steroid



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A molecule with three fatty acid tails that is entirely hydrophobic; main component of fats.


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Triglyceride



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Fatty acid with one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in its tail.


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Unsaturated fatty acid



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Water-repellent substance that is a complex varying mixture of lipids.


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Wax



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Substance that consists mainly of triglycerides

 


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Fat



One shake..two shake.. Protein Shake!

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Small organic compound that is a subunit of proteins. Consists of a carboxyl group, an amine group, and a characteristic side group (R), all typically bonded to the same carbon atom.


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Amino acid



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To unravel the shape of a protein or other large biological molecule.


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Denature



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A bond between the amine group of one amino acid and the carboxyl group of another. Joins amino acids in proteins.


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Peptide bond



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Polymer of amino acids; an organic molecule that consists of one or more polypeptides.


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Protein



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Nucleiotide monomer of RNA; also serves an imoportant role as an energy carrier in cells.

 


Answer:

ATP



RNA and DNA... Right away!

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Deoxyribonucleic acid. Nucleic acid that consists of two chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix; holds heriditary information.


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DNA



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Chain of nucleotides; DNA or RNA.

 


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Nucleic acid



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A small molecule with a five-carbon sugar, a nitrogen-containing base, and one, two or three phosphate groups. Monomer of nucleic acids; some have additional roles.

 


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Nucleotide



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Infectious protein.


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Prion



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Nucleic acid that consists of a chain of nucleotides. Carries out protein synthesis. 

 


Answer:

RNA Ribonucleic acid



Hell of a Cell

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Theory that all organisms consist of one or more cells, which are the basic unit of life; all cells come from division of preexisting cells; and all cells pass DNA to offspring.


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Cell Theory



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Semifluid substance enclosed by a cell's plasma membrane.

 


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Cytoplasm



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Of a cell, an organelle with two membranes that holds the cell's DNA.


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Nucleus



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Structure that carries out a special metabolic function inside a cell.


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Organelle



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Membrane that encloses a cell and separates it from the external environment. 

 


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Plasma membrane



Giving a cell a Lyft

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A relationship in which the volume of an object increases with the cube of the diameter, and the surface area increases with the square.


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Surface-to-volume ratio



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Plasma membrane protein that fastens cells together in animal tissues


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Adhesion protein



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Model of a cell membrane as a two-dimensional fluid of mixed composition

 


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Fluid mosaic



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Membrane protein that triggers a change in cell activity in response to a stimulus such as binding a certain substance.


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Receptor protein



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Protein that moves specific ions or molecules across a membrane.


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Transport protein