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Ultimate AP Biology Vocabulary ReviewRated A
polar - Molecule with partial charges. Mixes with water.
nonpolar - No partial charges. Do not mix with water.
electronegativity - Attraction of an atom for electrons in a covalent bond.
cohesion - Water molecules sticking to each other.
adhesion - Water molecules sticking to other surfaces.
solute - Something dissolved in a solution.
solvent - Dissolving agent of a solution.
isomers - Same atoms but different arrangement.
structural isomers - Differ in arrangement of atoms.
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geometric isomer - Differ in arrangement around a double bond.
enantiomers - Structures that are like a mirror-image.
alpha glucose - Monomer for starch and glycogen.
beta glucose - Monomer for cellulose and chitin.
cellulose - Carbohydrate component of plant cell walls.
starch - Storage polysaccharide of plants.
glycogen - Extremely branched polymer of glucose.
chitin - Polysaccharide found in arthropod exoskeletons and fungal cell walls.
-ose - Suffix of a sugar.
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tryiacylglycerol - Glycerol and three fatty acids.
steroids - Made of four rings of carbon.
cholesterol - Steroid common in cell membranes, also in many hormones.
peptide bond - Bonds that connect amino acids.
Fredrick Sanger - Determined amino acid sequence of proteins.
disulphide bridges - Reinforce tertiary structure.
primary structure - Chain of amino acids.
secondary structure - Either an alpha helix or beta pleated sheet.
tertiary structure - Results from interactions between side chains.
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quaternary structure - Results from two or more polypeptide subunits.
-in - Suffix of a protein.
purines - Bases with a double-ring structure.
pyrimidines - Bases with a single-ring structure.
phosphodiester bonds - Bonds between phosphate group and pentose sugar in
nucleic acids.
synthesis - To put together.
digestion - To break apart.
dehydration synthesis - Condensation reaction where molecules are connected by
loss of a water molecule.
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