What is molecular biology?

An organic compounds is a compound that contains _______ and is found in living things.

Why is carbon the basis for life?

The four groups of organic compounds that contribute to much of the structure & function of cell are:

The most abundant organic compound found in nature is ______

This organic compound contains non-polar hydrophobic molecules that serve as a major component of the cell membrane.

This organic compound is the genetic material of all cells and determines the inherited features of an organism.

This organic compound makes up over 50% of the dry weight of cells and functions as structural molecules or play a role in cellular signaling.

Monosaccharide is to carbohydrates as nucleotides are to _________.

Nucleotides are to nucleic acids as amino acids are to _____________.

Lipids do not have monomers, but do have some commonalities between each type. What do they all contain?

When amino acids bond together, they form a __________________ chain or a protein.

Each nucleotide contains 3 components: a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and a ________________ base

____________ was a doctrine that dictated organic molecules could only be synthesized by living system.

Frederick Woehler proved vitalism was false by heating an inorganic salt and created ________

_______________ describes the totality of chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

This term is defined as the set of metabolic reactions that build up complex molecules from simpler ones

A type of anabolism reaction is condensation. This occurs when monomers join together and a by-product of _______ is produced.

This term is defined as the set of metabolic reactions that break complex molecules down into simpler ones.

A type of catabolism reaction is hydrolysis. Hydrolysis reactions require the consumption of ______________ molecules to break the bonds within a polymer.