A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together by covalent bonds.
polymer
_______ is usually defined as a chemical reaction that involves the loss of a water molecule from the reacting molecule.
dehydration rxns
It is a type of condensation reaction in which monomers join together into polymers while losing water molecules.
Dehydration synthesis
_____ breaks polymers into monomers using a water molecule.
Hydrolysis
Any of a group of large biological molecules, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, including fats, phospholipids, and steroids, that mix poorly, that mix poorly, if al all, with water. Made up of mostly hydrocarbon regions.
Lipids
______ are amphipathic compounds in a way that the 'head' is hydrophilic and the lipophilic 'tail' is hydrophobic. They serve as a major structural component of most biological membranes.
Phospholipids
Compounds containing carbon are said to be _____
Organic
An organic molecule possessing both a carboxyl and an amino group. These are serve as the monomers of polypeptides. The building blocks of proteins.