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BIOELEMENTS Flashcards

1
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Elements that constitute more than 99% of the matter found in living things

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Bioelements

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2
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Elements in biomolecules

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Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen

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Essential element of any living matter. 0.09% of by mass of carbon

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Carbon

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Most abundant element in Earth’s crust. 46% by mass 23% by atmosphere

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Oxygen

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5
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The most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere. 78% by volume

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Nitrogen

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Simplest element known, one proton one electron. 10th most abundant element in Earth’s crust

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Hydrogen

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7
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4 biomolecules

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Carbohydrates, proteins, lipid and nucleic acid

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8
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Greek “Sakcharon” means

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Sugar

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Also called saccharides. Diverse group of biomolecules that contain carbon, nitrogen and oxygen

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Carbohydrates

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10
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Two types of carbohydrates

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Simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates

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11
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Called simple sugar, sugar found in fruits, vegetable and milk

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Simple carbohydrates

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12
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Also called starches, examples are whole grain bread, cereal, starchy vegetable. Contains fiber that helps in digestive health

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Complex carbohydrates

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13
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3 classification of carbohydrates

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Monosaccharide, disaccharide and polysaccharide

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14
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Are simple sugar. Derived for Greek single sugar. It is soluble in water

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Monosaccharide

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15
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3 common monosaccharide

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Galactose, fructose and glucose

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16
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Sugar found in milk and dairies

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Galactose

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17
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Mostly found in vegetables and fruits

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Fructose

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18
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Six carbon sugar carries in bloodstream. Also called blood sugar or dextrose

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Glucose

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19
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It consists of two monosaccharide. Table sugar or sucrose

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Diasscharides

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20
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Obtained from sugar cane and sugar beets

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Sucrose

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21
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3 common diasscharides

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Lactose, sucrose and maltose

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22
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Commonly know as milk sugar. Found in milk products

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Lactose

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23
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Composed of glucose and fructose

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Sucrose

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24
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Known as malt sugar, made up two glucose unit

25
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Are complex carbohydrates made of chains of monosaccharide. May act as food in plants in form of starch

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Polysaccharide

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Four common polysaccharide

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Starch, glycogen, chitin and cellulose.

27
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Is a storage polysaccharide in plants. Glucose polymer made up of amylose and amylopectin

28
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Molecules chains are linear

29
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Molecules are long and branched out

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Amylopectin

30
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Stored reservoir of energy in animals

31
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Main component of fungi cell wall and exoskeleton.
Main component of beaks.
Useful in industrial and medical purposes

32
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Found in all animal products and it is essential to life because it is found in every cell of the body

33
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Prokios

34
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It is the building blocks of protein

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Amino acid

35
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Building blocks are linked together by unique chemical bonds

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Peptide bonds

36
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Determined by covalent peptide bond

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Primary structure

37
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Determined by hydrogen bonds between backbone of the chain

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Secondary structure

38
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Determined by all electrostatic interactions

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Tertiary structure

39
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Determined by the subunits and different subunits

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Quarternary structure

40
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Proteins are made of hundreds or thousands of small unit called

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Amino acid

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How many amino acid

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Twenty common amino acid

42
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Do not have 2p amino acid and have

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Incomplete proteins, complete proteins

43
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Amino acid that cannot be produced by the body

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Essential aminod acid

44
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Biological molecules that are insoluble in water, but soluble in nonpolar solvent

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Waxy greasy and oily, known as fats and oil

46
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Two classification into two classes of lipds

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Saponifiable, non saponifiable

47
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Hydrolyzed bases such as fats, oil and waxes, fatty acid and alcohol

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Saponifiable

48
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Phospholipids and sphingolipids

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Complex saponifiable

49
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Cannot be broken down by basic hydrolysis

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Non saponifiable

50
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Long chain carboxylic acid

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Fatty acid

51
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Known as triglycerides

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Fats and oil

52
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Are esters but they are harder and less greasy

53
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Are important molecules that provide structure and protection to cells

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Phospholipid

54
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A class of an organic compound characterized by a molecular structure of 17 carbon atoms. Are family of lipids. Important in field of biology

55
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Most abundant steriod in the human body

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Cholesterol

56
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Biomolecules present in all living cell. Blueprint of life

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Nucleic acid

57
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Made of nitrogenous base, sugar and phosphate group

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Nucleotide

58
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Most well known type of nucleic acid and carries the most genetic information

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