BIOCHEM 13 SENTENCES

Question 1

demonstrated that fermentation is heavily reliant on physiological functions that
occur in bacteria and living yeast cells

Answer 1

LOUIS PASTEUR

Question 1

e branch of science that explores the chemical processes within and related to
living organisms.

Answer 1

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question 2

_____________ proposed in _________, while working on bacterial samples, that the genetic material of
the cell could be deoxyribonucleic acid.

Answer 2

OSWALD AVERY, 1944

Question 3

Sl is a coherent system of measurement that begins with ________base units

Answer 3

SEVEN BASE UNITS

Question 4

is used to measure the weight of an object

Answer 4

MASS

Question 5

prepared a cell-free extract of yeast which he called the zymase

Answer 5

EDWARD BUCHNER

Question 6

Phoebus Levene, a Russian physician and chemist, first discovered the order of the three major
components of a single nucleotide _____________________________________

Answer 6

(phosphate, pentose sugar, and nitrogenous base).

Question 7

______________ discovered the first and complete protein structure in _________.

Answer 7

Roderick Sanger, 1958

Question 8

_______________serve to build tissue and repair the body after damage and stress as well as essential
structural components in organisms.

Answer 8

CARBOHYDRATES

Question 9

is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth.

Answer 9

BIODIVERSITY

Question 10

In the real world, biology, and chemistry are __________________.

Answer 10

ALWAYS RELATED

Question 11

Glucose is also called _________, one of a group of carbohydrates known as simple sugars

Answer 11

DEXTROSE

Question 12

_________ is a complex carbohydrate, or polysaccharide, consisting of ______________ glucose units.

Answer 12

CELLULOSE, 3,000 or more