Biochemistry Flashcards

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The study of chemical reaction of living

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Bio chemistry

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A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances

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Element

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3
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Hydrogen oxygen and sodium potassium

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Examples of elements

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4
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The most abundant elements in living things are

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

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5
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All elements are made up of particles called

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Atoms

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Protons, neutrons, electrons

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Examples of atoms

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7
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When two or more elements combine chemically what is formed

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A compound

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Compounds that do not contain both carbon and hydrogen atoms are

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Inorganic compounds

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9
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Water salts carbon dioxide and hydrochloric acid

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examples of inorganic compounds

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Compounds that contain both carbon and hydrogen atoms are

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Organic compounds

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Carbohydrates proteins lipids and nucleic acid’s are examples of

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Organic compounds because they are large and complex

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Sugars and starches, which are used primarily as sources of energy and as food storage compounds are

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Carbohydrates

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These substances are made up of carbon hydrogen an accident in the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is always 2 to 1

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Carbohydrates

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14
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The simplest carbohydrates are the

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Monosaccharides or simple sugars

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Glucose, galactose, and fructose are all

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Simple sugars

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Maltose, and sucrose are known as_______________, sugars whose molecules are made up of two monosaccharides

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Disaccharides

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The complex carbohydrates that are made up of chains of monosaccharides are

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Polysaccharides

18
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Starch, cellulose, and glycogen

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Examples of polysaccharides that are made up of chains of glucose molecules

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In plants, ____________ is a food storage compound and _____________ makes up the cell walls

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Starch

Cellulose

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In animal,___________ is the food storage compound

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Glycogen

21
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Enzymes, hormones and various structural parts of organisms are

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Proteins

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Proteins are made up of smaller subunits called

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Amino acids

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Amino acids contain the elements

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen

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Fats, oils, and waxes belong to a class of organic compounds

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Lipids

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The building blocks of ___________ are fatty acids and glycerol

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Lipids

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Do you and is located in the

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Nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts of the cell

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Composed of thousands of smart chemical units that are repeated over and over again that’s forming giant Molecules

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Polymers

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Regulates the rate of the chemical reactions

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Enzymes

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Substances that change the rate of a chemical reaction but our themselves on changed by the reaction

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Enzymes and biological catalysts

30
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A late, complex protein that consist of one or more polypeptides change

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Enzyme