Chapter 3 : Molecules of the Cell Vocab (part 3)

Question 1

Polysaccharide

Answer 1

A carbohydrate polymer consisting of hundreds of thousands of monosaccharides (sugars) linked by dehydration synthesis

Question 2

Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Answer 2

A type of nucleic acid consisting of nucleotide monomers with a ribose sugar and the nitrogenous bases

• single stranded
• functions in protein synthesis and as the genome of some viruses

Question 3

Saturated

Answer 3

Pertaining to fats and fatty acids whose hydrocarbon chains contain the maximum number of hydrogens and therefore have no double covalent bonds

Question 4

Starch

Answer 4

A storage polysaccharide found in the roots of plants and certain other cells; a polymer of glucose

Question 5

Steroid

Answer 5

A type of lipid whose carbon skeleton is in the form of four fused rings with various chemical groups attached
Ex - cholesterol, testosterone, estrogen

Question 6

Unsaturated

Answer 6

Pertaining to fats and fatty acids whose hydrocarbon chains lack the maximum number of hydrogen atoms and therefore have on or more double covalent bonds