2.3 and 2.4 Vocabulary

Building block of a polymer

• Amino acids

• Polymer

• Fatty acids

• Monomer

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Macromolecules made of amino acids

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Polymer

• Nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Energy needed to start a chemical reaction

• Monosaccharides

• Disaccharides

• Polymerization

• Activation energy

Building blocks of lipids

• Fatty acids

• Nucleotides

• Amino acids

• Monomer

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

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleic acids

• Proteins

• Lipids

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

• Nucleotides

• Nucleic acids

• Amino acids

• Fatty acids

The combination of an enzyme and its substrate

• Activation energy

• Enzyme-substrate complex

• Enzymes

• Polymerization

Complex carbohydrates made of chains of monosaccharides

• Polysaccharides

• Nucleic acids

• Disaccharides

• Monosaccharides

Substances that undergo a chemical reaction

• Reactants

• Disaccharides

• Products

• Catalysts

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

Large molecule made up of repeating subunits

• Proteins

• Polymer

• Monomer

• Enzymes