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When the field of organic chemistry was just beginning, it was widely believed that such chemicals were special in some sort of semi-supernatural sense and that only living things could make them due to a semi-supernatural ability they had that could never be duplicated naturally by man in the lab.
This was gradually shown to be false as one after another of the organic chemicals were synthesized in the lab. Now we can even synthesize chemicals as complex as DNA in the lab (although once synthesized we often use living bacteria to mass produce it for us to reduce the costs).
However the term organic chemistry stuck. There is now a new term biochemistry relating specifically to the chemistry of living things.
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What are large organic molecules made from carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and sometimes sulfur called?
Proteins
A long chain of energy-rich organic compounds made of glucose molecules is called a?
A Sugar or a Starch.
All molecules that do not contain carbon belong to what branch of chemistry?
INORGANIC CHemistry. The chemistry of carbon molecules is ORGANIC Chemistry. There is a thirs branch of chemistry it is 'PHYSICAL Chemistry', dealing with calculation, energy changes etc.,
What smaller molecules make protein molecules?
Smaller molecules called amino acids make protein molecules.
What is large molecules to small molecules called?
cell wall
What do you call an organism that consumes pre-existing organic molecules?
Organisms that consume preexisting organic molecules are called heterotrophs.
What are huge molecules made up of many smaller organic molecules called?
This compound is called a polymer.
Where do plants get the energy to make organic molecules?
By converting energy into molecules. We then eat the plant which carries the molecules of energy. It is organic because its a plant. I'm prerty sure this is correct but if it is not, please correct me!
What organic molecules does the body need?
There are four major organic molecules in the body, which are called macromolecules. These include lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids.
What are the individual subunit of larger organic molecules called?
monomers
What is the process that forms organic molecules called?
polymerization
What is break down of food molecules called?
Breakdown of food molecules, that is, conversion of complex organic substances into simple organic ones is called digestion.
Living organisms are composed of a special category of molecules called?
Organic
Why molecules are called homo atomic molecules or hetero atomic molecules?
because,acording to their structure they differ.
What is an oraganism that takes in organic molecules and then breaks them down called?
chemoheterotrophs
The individual molecules that make up polymers are called?
The smaller molecules that make up polymers are called monomers.
When there is no oxygen present what are the processes called that break down organic molecules?
Anaerobic Respiration
