A large compound formed from combinations of many monomers.

A compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body.

A single sugar molecule

A large macromolecule formed from monosaccharide.

A macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; includes fats, oils and waxes.

A macromolecule containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus; store and transmit hereditary or genetic information.

The monomer of nucleic acids; composed of 5 carbon sugar, phosphate group and nitrogenous base.

A single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose.

A nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose.

An organic molecule possessing both carboxyl and amino groups; serve as the monomers of proteins

Any process in which relatively small molecules, called monomers, combine chemically to produce a very large chainlike or network molecule, called a polymer.

A process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals.

Element or compound that enters into the chemical reaction.

Element or compound that produced by the chemical reaction.