https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q en-us 2018-04-05 14:07:18 UTC 2018-04-05 14:40:58 UTC hello@padlet.com hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248880079 Biochemistry is the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes that occur within living organisms.]]> 2018-04-05 14:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248880079 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248882914 There are four main types of macromolecules; proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids.]]> 2018-04-05 14:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248882914 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248883609 A polymer is a chain of similar subunits, or monomers that are linked together by a covalent bond.]]> 2018-04-05 14:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248883609 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248884180 Glucose is a hexose.  It is a sugar that is made up of six carbon atoms that are most commonly in a ring form. There are thousands of glucose monomers in a single starch molecule. Glucose is added to starch by a condensation reaction causing two molecules to covalently bond together and release water.]]> 2018-04-05 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248884180 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248885833 Triglyceride is composed of three fatty acid molecules and on glycerol molecule.]]> 2018-04-05 14:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248885833 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248886499 Proteins are chains of amino acids which are linked together by peptide bonds. The amino acid sequence of a protein determines its structures and functions. Collagen is the most abundant mammalian protein.]]> 2018-04-05 14:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248886499 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248887798 There are two different types of nucleic acids; DNA and RNA. Nucleic acids have the ability to pair with each other within the cell.]]> 2018-04-05 14:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248887798 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248888784 Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds]]> 2018-04-05 14:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248888784 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248889149 Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with non organic compounds.]]> 2018-04-05 14:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248889149 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248889724 Carbohydrates are a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues including sugars, starch and cellulose.]]> 2018-04-05 14:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248889724 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248890426 Lipid is a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivates and are insoluble in water.]]> 2018-04-05 14:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248890426 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248891093 Amino acids are simple organic compounds containing both a carboxyl and an amino group]]> 2018-04-05 14:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248891093 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248891499 Nucleotide is a simple organic compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. ]]> 2018-04-05 14:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248891499 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248892220 A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involved the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.]]> 2018-04-05 14:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248892220 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248892961 A hydrogen bond is a week bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a protein in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.]]> 2018-04-05 14:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248892961 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248894062 A polar molecule is an asymmetric molecule with a non-uniform positive and negative charges. ]]> 2018-04-05 14:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248894062 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248894564 A valence electron is an outer shell electron that is associated with an atom.]]> 2018-04-05 14:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248894564 hannah_elton https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248895097 The octet rule is when atoms combine to form molecules, they generally each lose or gain or share valence electrons until they attain or share eight.]]> 2018-04-05 14:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_elton/8ovyf0a6yr4q/wish/248895097