High School Biology Chemistry of Life discusses the elements and compounds that make up living things. Organic and Inorganic substances including the properties of water. The importance and basic structure of carbohydrates, monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides. Glucose and pentose. Dehydration synthesis. The importance of Lipids and how they are used in the body. The basic structure of a fatty acid, triglyceride and phospholipid. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic. The importance and basic structure of proteins. Amino acids, dipeptides and polypeptides. The importance and basic structure of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. Nucleotide, gene, double helix.