1. Monomer

The smaller units in the process of polymerization

1. Polymer

The large molecule formed from polymerization

1. Carbohydrate

Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, usually in a ratio of 1 : 2 : 1.

Monosaccharide

Simple sugar molecules

Polysaccharide

large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides

Lipid

Part of a large and varied group of molecules that are generally not soluble in water.  They are made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms

1. Nucleic Acid

Biological molecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen carbon and phosphorus.  They are polymers assembled from individual monomers called nucleotides.

1. Nucleotide

Monomer that makes up nucleic acid.  Consist of three parts: a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base.

Nitrogen base

Any of 4 nitrogen containing bases in DNA

1. Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)

Nucleic Acid that contains the sugar ribose

1. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Nucleic Acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose

Adenine

Nitrogen Base in DNA that pairs with T.  It is a purine

1. Guanine

Nitrogen Base in DNA that pairs with C. It is a purine

a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of nucleic acids. It is paired with guanine in double-stranded DNA.

Cytosine

Nitrogen Base in DNA that pairs with G.  It is a pyrimidines

Thymine

Nitrogen Base in DNA that pairs with A.  It is a pyrmidines

Uracil

Nitrogen Base in RNA that replaces T and pairs with A.

Amino Acid

Compound with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other end.

Polymerization

Process by which smaller units are joined together to form a larger molecule.

chemical reaction

Process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals