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The carbon chain that makes up part of a lipid is called a fatty acid. A fatty acid chain is a chain of carbon-hydrogen bonds in which there is an even number of carbon molecules.
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What makes a fatty acid produce more ATP?
The number of carbon atoms in the chain.
What characteristic of carbon C makes it essential to living organisms?
Carbon has the ability to make long chain molecules with itself as well as complex molecular structures
What is lipid synthesis?
Lipid synthesis is a process that makes and dissolves lipids. It consists of 2 phases fatty synthesis and lipid assembly.
Another type of lipid in the cell membrane is that makes the membrane more fluid?
Phospholipids are the major lipid found in the cell membrane.
Why does a lipid leave a translucent stain on brown paper?
The lipid molecules fill in air bubbles in the paper fibers. This makes the lipids, also known as fats, leave stains on a brown paper bag.
What chemically makes a carbon chain unsaturated?
hydrogen atoms
What makes carbon chain unsaturated?
if it contains double or triple bond
What makes a fatty acid produce more ATP?
The number of carbon atoms in the chain.
What is lipid synthesis?
Lipid synthesis is a process that makes and dissolves lipids. It consists of 2 phases fatty synthesis and lipid assembly.
What characteristic of carbon C makes it essential to living organisms?
Carbon has the ability to make long chain molecules with itself as well as complex molecular structures
What makes plants unique from animals in the food chain?
Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen; animals breathe in oxygen & breathe out carbon dioxide.
When a plant makes food from carbon dioxide what is it called?
photosynthesis
What specific chemical property makes lipids hydrophobic?
Lipid molecules are hydrophobic because they consist of long carbon-hydrocarbon backbones and contain only a small amount of oxygen.
Why is butanol less polar than methanol?
Chains of carbon with just hydrogen bonded are very nonpolar, while the -OH group on alcohols are very polar. Mehtanol is just one carbon with an -OH group, so it is quite polar. Butanol, on the other hand, is a four carbon chain with an -OH group on the end carbon. The longer nonpolar carbon chain makes butanol less polar than methanol.
Which property of carbon is responsible for large number of hydrocarbons?
The ability of each carbon atom to form covalent bonds, including bonds to other carbon atoms. This makes possible chain hydrocarbons of any length.
What is the double layered sheet that makes up nearly all cell membranes called?
60%phospholipids and 30% proteins and10% carbohydrates
What makes up the sides of a double helix?
the sides of a double helix are composed of a chain alternating between a phosphate and a deoxyribose (5 carbon) sugar.
