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Define Biochemistry

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The chemistry of life

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Define atom:

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Basic unit of life

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Atoms are composed of:

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Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons

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Define element:

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Simplest form of a substance

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4
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The ATOM is the basic unit of _____

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Matter

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5
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Proton is _____ charge

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Positive

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Neutrons have ______ charge

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Neutral

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7
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Electrons have _____ charge

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Negative

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Define molecule:

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Consists of 2 or more atoms held together by bonds

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What is a chemical reaction?

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Transformation of one substance to another substance

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What are the starting materials in reactions called?

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Reactants

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What are the results in a reaction?

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Products

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What are the 2 types of compounds?

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Organic and inorganic

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Organic compounds contain

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Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

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14
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What do inorganic compounds contain?

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Water and carbon dioxide

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15
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What does CHNOPS stand for?

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Carbon 
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorous
Suffer
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16
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The earth is how old?

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4.5 billion years

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17
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What are water’s four characteristics?

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Cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, expansion upon freezing, versatility as a solvent

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What are hydrogen bonds?

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Attractions between hydrogen and other atoms

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19
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What is cohesion?

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The tendency of molecules to stick together.

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What is adhesion?

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Attraction between different substances (ex: water and plants)

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21
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What is surface tension?

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The measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid

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22
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When hydrogen bonds break heat is ________

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Absorbed

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23
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When hydrogen bonds form heat is ______

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Released

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24
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What is evaporation?

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Change of a liquid to a gas

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25
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Ice floats in liquid because

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Hydrogen bonds are more ordered and the ice becomes less dense

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26
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Acids almost always begin with the letter ___ because ______________.

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H, because of the excess hydrogen ions.

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27
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Examples of acids:

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Lemon juice, stomach acid, rain, acid rain

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28
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Acids turn litmus paper ___

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Red

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29
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Based almost always end in the letters __ because ______________.

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OH, because of the excess hydroxide ions.

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30
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Examples of bases:

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Bleach, sea water, ammonia, baking soda, blood, and oven cleaner

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31
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Based turn litmus paper ____

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Blue

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32
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The pH scale is used to determine:

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The acidity of a solution

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33
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pH over 7=

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Base

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34
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pH under =

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Acid

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35
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Internal pH of most living cells must remain close to:

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7

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36
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What are buffers?

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Substances that minimize changes in concentration of Hydrogen and Hydroxide in a solution

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37
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What do buffers prevent?

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Harmful changes in pH

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38
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Simple sugars are called:

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Monosaccharides

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39
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Kinds of simple sugars:

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Sucrose sugar, glucose and fructose

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40
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Example of sucrose

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Sports drink

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41
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Example of fructose/glucose

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Fruit

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42
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Complex Carbs are called:

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Polysaccharides

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43
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Examples of polysaccharides:

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Cellulose and starch (pasta & potatoes)

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44
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Lipids are:

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Fat molecules that perform essential body functions

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45
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Lipids provide long term ____ for the body

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Energy/fuel

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46
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Lipids provide protection for:

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Organs

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47
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Proteins are formed by:

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Amino acids linking

48
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There are __ Amino Acids

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20

49
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Nucleus acids are:

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Information storing molecules that provide direction for building proteins

50
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Two types of nucleus acids:

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DNA and RNA

51
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Examples of lipids:

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Hydrocarbons, cholesterol, and glycerol

52
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The function of simple and complex carbs is to:

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Give fuel for cellular work

53
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Function of proteins is to:

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Perform most of the tasks the body needs to function

54
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Chemical reactions always involve:

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The breaking of bonds and the forming of new bonds in products.

55
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When energy is taken in is is called

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Endothermic

56
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When energy is given off it is called:

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Exothermic

57
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Endothermic organisms are ____ blooded and (can/can not) regulate body temperature.

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Warm, can

58
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Exothermic organisms are ____ blooded and (can/can not) regulate body temperature.

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Cold, can not

59
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Example of endothermic organisms:

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Mammals, birds

60
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Examples of Exothermic organisms:

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Amphibians and reptiles

61
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H2O2 means

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Hydrogen peroxide

62
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H2O means

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Water

63
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O2 means

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Oxygen gas

64
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Catalase is an:

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Enzyme found in liver

65
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What speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without entering the reaction itself?

A

Catalysts

66
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Enzymes are:

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Organic catalysts made of protein

67
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Most enzymes end in ___.

A

ase

68
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Enzymes lower _____ energy.

A

Activation

69
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What is activation energy?

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Energy needed to start a chemical reaction.

70
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Substrates are:

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Molecules upon which an enzyme acts

71
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What is the lock and key theory?

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Each enzyme is specific for only one substrate.

72
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Temperature strongly influences:

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Enzyme activity

73
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High or low pH usually slows down ___

A

Enzyme activity

74
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Above 45 degrees Celsius enzymes are

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Denaturated

75
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What is denaturation?

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Change in shape so enzyme active sites no longer fit with their substrate and the enzyme can’t function.

76
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When there is a fixed amount of enzyme and an excess number of substrate molecules, the rate of reaction will:

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Increase to a point and then level off

77
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Notation used to represent atoms and bonding is called:

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Structural

78
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The 2 types of chemical bonds are:

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Ionic and covalent

79
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A covalent bonds occur when electrons are _____ by atoms.

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Shared

80
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A mixture is:

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Material composed of 2 or more elements or compounds that are physically mixed.

81
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A solvent is:

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Dissolving agent of a solution

82
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The solute is:

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The substance that is dissolved

83
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Aqueous solution is:

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A solutions when water is the solvent

84
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A solution is:

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A liquid that is a homogenous mixture of substances

85
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In a ninpilar covalent bond the atoms share:

A

Electrons equally

86
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In a polar covalent bond, the atoms ____ share the electrons equally.

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Do not

87
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Kinetic energy is the energy of:

A

Motion

88
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What is a measure of the total amount of kinetic energy?

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Heat

89
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What measures the intensity of heat due to the average kinetic energy of molecules?

A

Temperature

90
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A monomer is:

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The basic building block of macromolecules.

91
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A polymer is:

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A chain of monomers.

92
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All disaccharides have the formula:

A

C12H22O11

93
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Disaccharides are also known as:

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Double sugars

94
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A double sugar bond is an example is a _______ linkage.

A

Glycosidic

95
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Polysaccharides are formed of:

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Three or more simple sugar units.

96
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Animal starch stored in liver is called:

A

Glycogen

97
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Sugar indigestible to humans are called

A

Cellulose

98
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Sugar used as energy storage are called

A

Starches

99
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Amino acids are linked by

A

Peptide bonds

100
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Examples of proteins include:

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Insulin, hemoglobin, and enzymes

101
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The reactant in an enzyme reaction is called a:

A

Substrate

102
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DNA looks like

A

Spiraled ribbons

103
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RNA looks like

A

One ribbon

104
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DNA provides direction for its own:

A

Replication

105
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DNA directs the synthesis of messenger RNA which controls:

A

Protein synthesis

106
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Nucleic Acids consist of 3 parts:

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  1. 5 Carbon Sugar
  2. Phosphate group
  3. Nitrogenous base
107
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Nucleoside=

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nitrogenous base+sugar

108
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The 2 families of nitrogenous bases are:

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  1. Pyrimidines

2. Purines

109
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In DNA the sugar is:

A

deoxyribose

110
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In RNA the sugar is:

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ribose

111
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Nucleotide=

A

nucleoside+ phosphate group

112
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Nucleotide polymers are linked together to make:

A

polynucleotides

113
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Adenine always pairs with:

A

Thymine

114
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Guanine always pairs with:

A

Cytosine

115
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When a double helix runs in a 5’3’ it is known as a:

A

antiparallel

117
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A phospholipid is:

A

2 fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to a glycerol

118
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What are the 3 steps of the nucleus acids?

A

Forms RNA, moves RNA to cytoplasm, builds proteins.

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