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Biomolecules Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 types of biomolecules?

A

Nucleic Acid

Carbohydrate

Protein

Lipid

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2
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How can a hydrocarbon be made a fatty acid?

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By adding a carboxyl group

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3
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Draw a fatty acid

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4
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What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids?

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Unsaturated fatty acids have a double bond

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5
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Of what is composed a triglyceride?

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3 fatty acids and a glycerol

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6
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Olive oil is a cis unsaturated fat. Why is it liquid at room temprature?

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The cis bond causes bending

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7
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What need to be added to a triglyceride to make a phospholipid?

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Phosphate

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8
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What is this:

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Cholesterol

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9
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What is prostaglandin?

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A hormone that is found in semen and that causes contraction and inflamation

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10
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What are the 5 types of fat?

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Trilyceride

Phospholipid

Terpene

Steroid

Prostaglandin

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What is a carbohydrate?

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A molecule made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, usualy with the molecular formula Cm(H2O)n

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12
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Give the molecular formular of glucose and draw it (both straight chain and

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C6H12O6

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13
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Sketch the 3 parts of a nucleotide

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14
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What are the nitrogenous bases?

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15
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What is this:

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A polynucleotide

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16
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Name and sketch the bond between two monosaccharides?

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Glycosidic bond

17
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Name and sketch the bond between two nucleotides

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Phosphodiester bond

18
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Name and sketch the bond between two amino acids

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Peptide bond

19
Q

Name and sketch the bond between lipids

A

esters

20
Q

Name the biggest differences between DNA and RNA

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DNA RNA

Nucleus and mitochondria Also in cytoplasm Double stranded Single stranded AGTC AGUC gene Gene expression deoxyribose ribose

21
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What type of nitrogenous bases are CTU ?

A

Pyrimidine

22
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What is the difference between starch and cellulose?

A

Starch is made from alpha glucose and cellulose is made from ß glucose

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