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1
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What is considered the building block of life?

A

Carbon

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2
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The main inorganic compound in all living things

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Water

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3
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What compounds contain carbon molecules

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Organic compounds

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4
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What is a subunit of a complex molecule

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Monomer

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5
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Monomers linked together

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Polymers

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6
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The formation of polymers through the connecting of monomers through the removal of water

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Dehydration reaction

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7
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The breaking down of polymers through the addition of water

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Hydrolysis reaction

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8
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4 types of organic compounds

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Lipids

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Nucleic acids

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9
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The most abundant organic compound

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Proteins

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10
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Made up of amino acids

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Proteins

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11
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What are proteins made up of

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Amino acid group

Carboxyl group

R group

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12
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What links amino acids together

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Peptide bond

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13
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How many amino acids are responsible for the variety of proteins in living things

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20 amino acids

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14
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How many amino acids is the body capable of making

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12 amino acids

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15
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What are essential amino acids?

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Amino acids the body isn’t capable of producing

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16
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7 proteins in the body

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Structural proteins

Enzymatic proteins

Transport proteins

Defense proteins

Regulatory proteins

Contractile proteins

Storage proteins

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17
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Proteins that form the structural parts of cells and tissues

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Structural proteins

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18
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Proteins that catalyze chemical reactions

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Enzymatic proteins

19
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What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze starch

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Amylase

20
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What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze proteins

A

Protease

21
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What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze lipids

A

Lipase

22
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Proteins that form channels and carriers

A

Transport proteins

23
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Also considered antibodies

A

Defence proteins

24
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Hormones are considered this type of protein

A

Regulatory or signal proteins

25
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Actin and myosin are considered this type of protein

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Contractile protein

26
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Proteins that serve as amino acid reserves

A

storage protein

27
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biomolecule that is considered the main source of energy

also serves as structural component of living cells

A

Carbohydrates

28
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3 types of carbohydrates

A

Monosaccharides

Disaccharides

Polysaccharides

29
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Simple sugars made up of one unit of sugar

can easily pass through membranes

instant source of energy in cells

A

monosaccharides

30
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Types (?) of monosaccharides

A

Triose

Hexose

Pentose

31
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examples of monosaccharides

A

Glucose

Fructose

Ribose

Deoxyribose

32
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complex sugars made of two monosaccharides chemically combined

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Disaccharides

33
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The process where two monosaccharides combine with the loss of water molecules

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dehydration synthesis

34
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Chemical reaction where disaccharides split with the addition of water

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hydrolysis reaction

35
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examples of disaccharides

A

Sucrose

Maltose

Lactose

36
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complex sugars made up of chains of monosaccharides

acts as energy storage and structural molecules as parts of cell structure

A

Polysaccharides

37
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types of polysaccharides

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structural polysaccharides

storage polysaccharides

38
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examples of structural polysaccharides

A

Cellulose

Chitin

39
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examples of storage polysaccharides

A

Starch

Glycogen

40
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biomolecules that are fats or fat-like substances

source and storage of energy

A

Lipid

41
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2 types of fatty acids

A

Saturated fat

Unsaturated fat

42
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Examples of lipids

A

Phospholipid

waxes

steroids

cholesterol

triglyceride

Sphingoloid

43
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Biomolecule that acts as storage for genetic information

A

Nucleic acid

44
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2 types of nucleic acids

A

RNA

DNA

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