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BIOCHEMISTRY Crossword Review Flashcards

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1
Q

A polymer made up of many amino acids joined together

A

Polypeptide

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2
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What fatty acid has no double bonds between carbon atoms?

A

Saturated fatty acid

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3
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Which substance help breaks large fat droplets into small fat droplets to help them mix with water? Name one example

A

Emulsifier, example is soap

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4
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A nucleic acid that is single stranded

A

RNA

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5
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Whats another name for fat?

A

Lipid

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6
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What is the storage form of carbohydrate in plants?

A

Starch

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7
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Acidity is created by an excess of ____ ions in solution

A

Hydrogen

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8
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Which process breaks bonds between sub units in organic polymers?

A

Hydrolysis

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9
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Whats the carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls of plants?

A

Cellulose

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10
Q

A heavy _____ can alter the three dimensional shape of a protein

A

Metal

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11
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A nucleotide is made up of a ___, pentose and a nitrogenous base

A

phosphate

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12
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A pH above 7 is considered ___

A

Basic

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13
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Which element that is common in living organisms can form up to four bonds with other substances?

A

Carbon

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14
Q

_____ are lipids that contain four rings in their chemical structure

A

Steroids

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15
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Whats the nucleic acid with double helix shape?

A

DNA

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16
Q

____ bonds are strong

A

Covalent

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17
Q

Whats a six carbon sugar?

A

Hexose`

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18
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What subunit makes up nucleic acids?

A

Nucleotide

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19
Q

Whats a five carbon sugar?

A

Pentose

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20
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This level of protein structure can either be an alpha helix or beta pleated sheet

A

Secondary

21
Q

A pH below 7.0 is considered?

A

Acidic

22
Q

A carbohydrate made up of many subunits

A

polysaccharide

23
Q

A fatty acid which contains at least one double bond between carbon atoms is called _____?

A

Unsaturated fatty acid

24
Q

This level of protein structure is the sequence of the amino acids that make up the protein

A

Primary

25
Q

How many different kinds of amino acids exist?

A

Twenty

26
Q

Carbohydrates help provide us with what?

A

Energy

27
Q

A special kind of nucleotide which is used to transmit energy within living organisms

A

ATP

28
Q

Compounds which are primarily made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are called _____ compounds

A

organic

29
Q

A pH of 7.0 is considered?

A

Neutral

30
Q

A proteins 3 dimensional shape is important in order for it to _____ properly

A

function

31
Q

_____ is a type of lipid that make up a significant portion of the cell membrane

A

Phospholipids

32
Q

Water is a good solvent because its molecules are ____- having a slight positive and negative charge

A

-HELP!!!

33
Q

A disaccharide is formed when a glucose and fructose molecule join together

A

sucrose

34
Q

A carbohydrate is made up of only one subunit

A

monosaccharide

35
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This process creates bonds between subunits in organic polymers

A

dehydrationsynthesis

36
Q

Excessive ____ can cause a protein to lose its three dimensional shape

A

Heat

37
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Whats the term for a protein losing its three dimensional shape?

A

Denaturation

38
Q

Whats the subunit that makes up polypeptides?

A

Amino acid

39
Q

a 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is characteristic of _____ molecule

A

-HELP!!!

40
Q

A neutral fat that contained glycerol and only one fatty acid chain would be called a ____ glyceride

A

Poly glyceride

41
Q

The type of carbohydrate used in your cells

A

Glucose

42
Q

Hydrogen bonds are ___ bonds

A

weak

43
Q

This level of protein structure occurs when two or more proteins join with each other to form a larger protein structure

A

Quatertiary

44
Q

What molecule is made up of two amino acids joined together?

A

Di-peptide

45
Q

This level of protein structure occurs when the protein begins to fold upon itself, creating a 3D shape

A

Tertiary

46
Q

The storage form of carbohydrate in animals

A

Glycogen

47
Q

This is the sequence of three atoms which is characteristics of an amino acid

A

NCC

48
Q

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance

A

pH

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