Polarity
Cohesiveness
Adhesiveness
Surface
Tension
Although a cell is
mostly water, the rest
of the cell consists
mostly of carbonbased molecules
Organic chemistry is
the study of carbon
compounds
Proteins
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates include:
Small sugar molecules in
soft drinks
Long starch molecules in
pasta and potatoes
FAT MOLECULE
DNA
RNA
Nitrogenous base
(A,G,C, or T)
Nucleic acids
are polymers
of nucleotides
Thymine (T)
Phosphate
group
Phosphate
Sugar
(deoxyribose)
Base
Sugar
Nucleotide
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