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Biochem Part 1 Flashcards

0
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Structure of a carbohydrate

A

C6H12O6

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Provides energy for all organisms

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Carbohydrates

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Examples of carbohydrates

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Fruits. Veggies. Grains. Pasta. Rice. Sugar. Cookies. Cakes.

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What are the three groups of carbohydrates

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Glucose
Fructose
Glactose

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4
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Glucose

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Most common sugar. Produced by green plants

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Fructose

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Sugar in fruits

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Galactose

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Sugar in milk

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7
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disaccharide

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Double auger

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Sucrose

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Table sugar

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Monosaccharide

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One sugar

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Polysaccharide

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Many sugars

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Starch

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Polysaccharide stored in plants. Potatoes

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12
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Glycogen

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Polysaccharide stored in animals

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13
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Cellulose

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Polysaccharide that gives support and structure to plant self fiber most abundant organic chemical on earth

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Monomer

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Name for smaller compounds that can be joined together to make larger compounds

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15
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Dehydration synthesis

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Any large compound formed by combining monomers

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16
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Proteins are needed to/for

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Growth, fight disease, control rate of chemical reactions in cells, good source of food

17
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Antibodies are made of…

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Proteins

18
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Enzymes are…

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Made of protein

19
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Proteins and polymers of molecules are called

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Amino acids

20
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Monomer=?

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Amino acid

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Polymer=

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Protein

22
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How many amino acids are there

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20

23
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What are enzymes

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Catalyst in a living organism

24
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What are enzymes made of

A

Protein

25
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What is not charged and can be reused

A

Enzymes

26
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Lock and key hypothesis is what?

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An explanation of how enzymes work

27
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Substrate

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Substance that enzymes act upon

28
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What do you add to the end of a word when naming enzymes

A

Ase

29
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One important function if an enzyme is speeding up?

A

Food digestion

30
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Anabolic

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To build

31
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Catabolic

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To beak down

32
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Lipids energy storage..

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Store 2 times as much energy

33
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What makes up part of the cell membrane

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Lipids

34
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Hormones in lipids…

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Estrogen and testosterone

35
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Examples of lipids

A

Fats. Oils. Phospholipids. Cholesterol. Steroids. Waves on leaves

36
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Structure of fat and oils

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Composed of glycerol and 3 fatty acids contain CHO

37
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Saturated data usually come from…

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Animal fats

38
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Unsaturated fats come from…

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Plant oils

39
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Cholesteral is apart of..

A

Cell membrane in animals

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