Chapter 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life 

________: isomers that are mirror images of each other.

________: the study of compounds that contain carbon, regardless of origin.

Proteins, DNA, and carbohydrates

This allows ADP to be formed by releasing a phosphate groups, which then become inorganic

Fat

________: organic molecules consisting of only carbon and hydrogen.

estradiol and testosterone are both steroids with a common carbon skeleton, in the form of four used rings

The ________ gives it covalent compatibility with many different events.

________ require a double or triple bond and react differently in reactions.

________ is the key to an atoms characteristics.

The ________ of carbon and its most frequent partners (hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen) are the building code for the architecture of living molecules.

Carbon is unparalleled in its ability to form large, complex, and varied molecules.

________: compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties.

________: the number of covalent bonds an atom can form.

________ (ATP): an important organic phosphate that is the basis of life.

Variation in carbon skeletons is an important source of the ________ and ______ of living matter.

________: have different covalent arrangements of their atoms.

________: the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions.

ATP consists of an organic molecule called adenosine attached to a string of three phosphate groups.

________ determines the kinds and number of bonds an atom will form with other atoms.

________ can undergo reactions that release a large amount of energy.

enantiomers are important in the pharmaceutical industry as two enantiomers of a drug may have different effects — used to make different medications

it can form four covalent bonds with a variety of atoms, making large complex molecules possible

ATP is made in the inner- lining of the mitochondria

the study of compounds that contain carbon, regardless of origin

silicon holds onto other elements too strongly, so it can’t let go of elements easily when elements need to be used by the organism

the number of covalent bonds an atom can form

organic molecules consisting of only carbon and hydrogen

compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties

have different covalent arrangements of their atoms

have the same covalent bonds, but differ in their spatial arrangements

isomers that are mirror images of each other

False

the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions

an important organic phosphate that is the basis of life

_________ form the skeletons of most organic molecules

True

oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen