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Hydrocarbons
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Organic molecules consisting of carbon skeletons bonded to only hydrogen atoms
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Functional group
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Atoms that usually participate in chemical reactions
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Macromolecules
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gigantic molecules
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Polymers
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Chains of smaller molecules
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Monomers
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Building blocks for polymers
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Dehydration synthesis
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linking monomers together to form a polymer
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Carbohydrates
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small sugar molecules
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Isomers
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Glucose, fructose
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Disaccharide
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Double sugar
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Polysaccharide
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Complex carbohydrates
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Glycogen
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Animals store excess sugar in glycogen
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Cellulose
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Most abundant organic compound on earth
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Hydrophilic
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Water loving
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Hydrophobic
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Water hating
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Anabolic steroids
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variants of testosterone.
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Protein
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Polymer constructed from amino acid monomers
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Amino acid
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Protein that consists of a central carbon atom
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Peptide bond
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resulting bond between adjacent amino acids
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Polypeptide
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Chain of 100 or more amino acids
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metabolism
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The many chemical reactions that occur in organisms
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Nucleotides
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polymers of monomers
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Double helix
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Two DNA strands wrapped around eachother
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DNA
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Deoxyribonucleic acid. Genetic material
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Nucleic acids
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Provide the directions to building proteins
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RNA
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Ribonulceic acid.
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