4 Carbon Compounds Flashcards

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1
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4 Carbon compounds based in the body are

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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins

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2
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Three ways Carbon is bonded

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Straight Chain
Branched Chain
Ring

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3
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Monomers

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A small subunit that can hook/bond together (make polymers)

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Polymers

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Made up of many monomers

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Monosaccharide(s)

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Simple Sugars

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3 Simple Sugars

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Glucose (Photosynthesis Sugar)
Fructose (Fruit Sugar)
Galactose (Milk Sugar)

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Isomers

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The chemical formula is the same, but the structure is different

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Disaccharide

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Two or more monosaccharides (Simple sugar) added together

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Dehydration Synthesis

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Water is released (when sucrose (C12H22O11) is made)

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Hydrolysis

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Add water to a disaccharide to change it back into two sino,e sugars

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Lipids

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Fats, oils, waxes
Fats are solid at room temperature
Oils are liquid at room temperature
Does not dissolve in water

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12
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3 major functions of fats

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Insulation
Protection
Energy

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13
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Fats are made of

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Glycerol

Fatty Acids

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14
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4 Parts of an Amino Acid

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Hydrogen atom
An amino group (usually NH2)
Carboxye group
R-Group

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15
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Peptide Bond

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The bond between amino acids

Polypeptides

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16
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Enzyme

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Let’s the reaction happen or changes the rate of a reaction

Some need certain pH

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Catalyst

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If an enzyme lets the reaction occur, the enzyme is a

18
Q

Catalyze

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Decrease the amount of activation energy

Strong person helping a smaller person move big boxes; Strong Person is a ________

19
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Enzymes working in a reaction cause the reaction to be

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Endothermic and exothermic

20
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Substrate

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Makes the enzyme work

21
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Glycerol and Fatty acids are called

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Head

Tail

22
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Cell membrane is made of

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Lipids

23
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Nucleic Acids are made of monomers called

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Nucleotides

24
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Three groups of nucleotides

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Nitrogen Base
Phosphate Group
Monosaccharide(s)

25
Q

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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DNA

26
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DNA makes

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Chromosomes

27
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Chromosomes

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Carry the blueprints of all organisms

28
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Ribonucleic Acid

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RNA

29
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RNA helps make

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DNA

Protiens

30
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DNA loses how many oxygens?

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One

31
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Nucleotides are bonded by

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Hydrogen Bonds