unit one Bio 100 (everything else)

Fatty acid

The building blocks of fats, long chains of carbon and hydrogen with a carboxyl group at the end

What is an amino group?

It is an amine, a functional group with -NH2

Carboxyl group

Has a C double bond O, and a OH group

Hydroxyl group is?

Alcohol and -OH

What are functional groups?

Specific groups of atoms that dictate the characteristic chemical reactions and physical properties

What is a methyl group

-CH3

Name the core concepts of biology and what they mean?

IEIEO - information: the need to store and use information, energy and matter: need a source of energy maintains organizations and structure, interactions (systems): the bigger picture, evolution: the ability to adapt and change, Organizations: the shape of something is why it is able to do what it does

Emergent properties

Properties that arise as you increase scale

Why doesn’t oil mix with water

Because oil is mostly made of C-C and and C-H bonds, which are, non polar, none of the bonds are interested in creating hydrogen bonds which mean it doesn’t dissolve and stays seperate