Bio finals- Organic Molecules Flashcards
(16 cards)
0
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Sucrose
A
- table sugar
- glucose and fructose
1
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Maltose
A
- beer sugar
- glucose and glucose
2
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Lactose
A
- milk sugar
- glucose and galactose
3
Q
Starch
A
Multiple polysaccharide units bonded together
4
Q
Glycogen
A
Animal sugar stored in the liver
5
Q
Cellulose
A
Plant polysaccharide (cell wall)
6
Q
Chitin
A
Insect exoskeleton, fungi
7
Q
Peptidoglycan
A
Sugar found in bacteria
8
Q
Lipids
A
- fatty acid and glycerol
- nonpolar
9
Q
Phospholipid
A
- head is polar
- tail is nonpolar
- one tail is saturated while the other is not
10
Q
DNA
A
A-T
G-C
- Deoxyribose
- Double stranded
11
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RNA
A
A-V
C-G
- Ribose
- single stranded
12
Q
Simple Sugar
A
- Benedict’s solution
- negative: blue
- positive: red organge
13
Q
Starch (Carbohydrate)
A
- Lugol’s solution
- negative: amber
- positive: purplish black
14
Q
Amino Acid
A
- Biurrt’s solution
- negative: light blue
- positive: grayish violet
15
Q
Lipids
A
- brown paper bag
- negative test: not transparent
- positive: transparent
