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Organic Compounds
Comparisons of Units & Groupings
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Smallest Unit |
Larger Grouping |
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Atom |
Element |
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Molecule |
Compound |
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Monomer |
Polymer |
Organic Monomers and Polymers
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Types of Organic Molecules |
Monomers |
Polymers |
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Carbohydrates |
Simple Carbohydrates or monocarbohydrates (glucose) |
Complex Carbohydrate or polycarbohydrates (starch) |
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Lipids |
Fatty acids |
Saturated fats Polyunsaturated fats |
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Amino Acids |
Amino Acids |
Peptides & Proteins |
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Nucleic Acids |
Nucleic Acids |
DNA & RNA |
Enzyme function
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Nucleotide Groups for DNA & RNA
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DNA |
RNA |
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Adenine |
Adenine |
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Guanine |
Guanine |
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Cytosine |
Cytosine |
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Thymine |
Uracil |