2.3 and 2.4 Vocabulary

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Building block of a polymer

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Monomer

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Macromolecules made of amino acids

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Proteins

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Energy needed to start a chemical reaction

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Activation energy

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Building blocks of lipids

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Fatty acids

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Macromolecules that are insoluble in water, such as fats and oils

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Lipids

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Building blocks of nucleic acids, consisting of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base

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Nucleotides

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The combination of an enzyme and its substrate

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Enzyme-substrate complex

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Complex carbohydrates made of chains of monosaccharides

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Polysaccharides

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Substances that undergo a chemical reaction

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Reactants

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Large molecule made up of repeating subunits

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Polymer