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carbohydrates - what is a group of glucoses called?

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glycogen or cellulose

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carbohydrates- what is 2 or more glucoses join together called?

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maltose

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carbohydrates- what is glycogen?

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glycogen is in animals/fungi and it stores glucose

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carbohydrates- where is glycogen found?

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the liver and muscles

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carbohydrates- what is cellulose?

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it is in plants and it builds cell walls

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carbohydrates- what is an example of a simple sugar.

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glucose

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carbohydrates- starch is insoluble but glycogen and cellulose are?

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soluble

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carbohydrates- what are the elements in carbohydrates?

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hydrogen, oxygen,carbon

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carbohydrates- what are the elements in carbohydrates?

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hydrogen, oxygen, carbon

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lipids- what are the elements in fat?

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hydrogen, carbon, oxygen

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lipids- what are the monomers of lipids called

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triglycerides

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lipids- what are the monomers of triglycerides?

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3x fatty acids and 1x glycerol

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proteins- what are the elements of proteins?

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nitrogen, carbon,hydrogen and oxygen

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proteins- what are the monomers of proteins?

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amino acids

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15
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proteins- how many amino acids are there?

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20

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16
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proteins- one example of a protein

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enzyme

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monomers- what are monomers

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things that make up polymers

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18
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lipids- what is its function?

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insulation and storing energy

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carbohydrates- what is its function?

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quick release energy, stores energy

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20
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proteins- what is its function?

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to build blocks of cells

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21
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carbohydrates- why is glycogen different to starch?

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it has more branches and the more branches it has the quicker the energy is released

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22
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what does emulsion mean?

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tiny droplets of fat that are floating in a liquid

23
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food tests- what is the test for reducing sugars?

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Benedict’s test

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food tests- what is the tis for reducing sugars?

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Benedict’s test

25
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food test- what is the test for protein?

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biuret test

26
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food test- what is the iodine test for?

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starch

27
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food test- what is the iodine solution test for?

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starch

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food test- what is the ethanol emulsion test for?

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fat test

29
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food test- what is the colour change for the Benedict’s test

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Blue to brick red

30
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food test- what is the colour change for Biuret test

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blue to purple

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food test- what is the colour change with the iodine solution?

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yellow to blackish brown

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food test- what does the emulsion ethanol test do?

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It turns cloudy

33
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water- what is water?

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the strongest solvent ever

34
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water- what are the charges?

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negative, positive,positive

35
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water- what makes it polar?

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the bent shape

36
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enzymes- what are they?

A

proteins

37
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enzymes- what are catalysts?

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they speed up reactions without using them up

38
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enzymes- what are catalysts?

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they speed up reactions without using them up and enzymes are catalysts

39
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enzymes-how do you know if something is an enzyme

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it has ase at the end like lipase or maltase

40
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enzymes- what does amylase do and where can you find amylase?

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it breaks down starch and food into maltose then into glucose and you can find them in your saliva

41
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enzymes- what does denaturing mean?

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when an enzyme no longer works because the active site has changed

42
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enzymes-what do all enzymes have?

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an optimum temperature and an optimum pH

43
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enzymes- at low temps what does it mean?

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it means low kinetic energy

44
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enzymes- once it reaches an optimum level what happens?

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it denatures

45
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what does pH mean?

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potenital hydrogen

46
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enzyme- what does the enzyme lock onto?

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substrate

47
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enzymes- what is the thing that makes the substrate break into product?

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active site

48
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enzymes- what is it called when polymers break down into monomers?

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catalysed

49
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enzymes- what is so important about enzymes?

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its shape

50
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enzymes- what does optimum temperature mean

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what they work best at

51
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water- it doesn’t not dissolve?

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non polar substances

52
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variables- what does dependent variables mean?

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measuring

53
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variables- what does independent variables mean?

A

changes

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