Organic Compounds: Vocabulary 2.4 and 2.5

Perform various functions for living organisms and can be categorized as structural, enzymatic, and storage.

• proteins

• organic compunds

• fatty acids

A sugar composed of two monosaccharides.

• disaccarides

• polysaccarides

• carbohydrates

A polysaccharide; animal starch; branching chains of glucose molecules.

• starch

• monosaccarides

• glycogen

Organic compounds that contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• nucleic acids

Chains of glucose molecules; found in plant cell walls.

• fructose

• cellulose

• glucose

A polysaccharide; often used for energy storage by plants.

• starch

• monosaccarides

• glycogen

An organic compound that is insoluble in water but soluble in certain organic solvents.

• protein

• lipids

• carbohydarates

Not having any affinity for water

• hydrophobic

• saturated

• hydrophilic

A macromolecule made up of a chain of monomers, sometimes identical.

• monomer

• polymer

• polysaccaride

Are the basic building blocks of protein

• amino acid

• nucleotides

• peptide