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What is matter?

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Anything that occupies space and has mass

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What is chemistry?

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The science of the structure and interactions of matter

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What is mass?

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Is the amount of matter in any object

Does not change

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What is weight?

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The force of gravity acting on matter

Does change

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Matter exists in what three states?

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  1. Solid - definite shape and volume
  2. Liquid- definite volume and assume the shape of its container
  3. Gas - neither definite shape nor volume
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What are chemical elements?

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Building blocks of all living and non living things.

Cannot be split into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means

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What are the 4 major elements?

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Oxygen (o), carbon (c), hydrogen (h), and nitrogen (n)

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What are atoms?

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The smallest unit of matter that retains the properties and characteristics of the element
(Each element is made up of atoms)

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What is the nucleus of an atom?

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The dense central core of the atom.

A subatomic particle.

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What is the nucleus made of (in atoms)?

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  1. Neutrons - no charge

2. Protons - positive charge

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What are electrons?

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Tiny, negatively charged particles that float around the nucleus, do not follow a fixed path or orbit but form a “cloud”

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How many electrons can each shell house?

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First shell - 2
Second shell - 8
Third shell - 18
18 in each shell after that.

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An atom has the same number of what?

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Protons (+) and electrons (-)

Which means that it doesn’t have an electrical charge, each atom is neutral.

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What determines an atoms atomic number?

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Number of protons

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What is the mass number?

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Sum of its protons and neutrons.

Example: sodium has 11 protons and 12 neutrons, therefore the mass number is 23

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What is an isotope?

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Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons and therefore different mass numbers.
They have the same chemical properties because they have the same number of protons and electrons.

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What is a radioactive isotope?

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Some isotopes are unstable; their nuclei decay (spontaneously change) into a stable condition.
As they decay, they emit radiation

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What is half-life?

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The time required for an isotope for half of the radioactive atoms in the sample of that isotope to decay into a more stable form.

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What is the standard unit of measurement for measuring the mass of atoms?

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Daltons (atomic mass unit, amu)

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What is the atomic mass or atomic weight?

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The average mass of all of its naturally occurring isotopes

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What is an ion?

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Is an atom that has a positive or negative charge b/c it has an unequal number of protons and electrons

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What is ionization?

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The process of giving up or gaining electrons

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What is a molecule?

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A combination of two or more atoms sharing electrons

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What is a compound?

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A substance that contains atoms of two or more different elements, examples: water, sodium chloride
The molecule of oxygen is NOT a compound because it only has one element

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What is a free radical?

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An atom or a group of atoms with an unpaired electron in the outermost shell
Highly unstable, highly reactive and destructive to nearby molecules
May break apart important body molecules

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What are chemical bonds?

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The force that holds together the atoms of a molecule or a compound

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What is the valence shell?

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The outermost shell

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What determines whether or not an atom will form a chemical bond?

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The number of electrons in its valence shell.
8 - is stable, will not bond
7 - bonds easily, room for one electron

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What is the octet rule?

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One atom is more likely to interact with another if doing so leaves both with 8 valence electrons

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What are the three kinds of chemical bonds?

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  1. Ionic bonds
  2. Covalent bonds
  3. Hydrogen bonds
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What is an ionic bond?

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The force of attraction that hold together ions with opposite charges is an ionic bond.

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What is a cation?

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A positively charged ion

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What is an anion?

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A negatively charged ion

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What is an electrolyte?

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An ionic compound that breaks apart into positive and negative ions in a solution

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What is a covalent bond?

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Forms when two or more atoms SHARE electrons.
By sharing 1, 2, or 3 valence electrons
More sharing = stronger bond
(Rather than gaining or losing them)

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What is a single covalent bond?

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When two atoms share one electron pair

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What is a double covalent bond?

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When two atoms share two pairs of electrons

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What is a triple covalent bond?

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When two atoms share three pairs of electrons

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What is a non-polar covalent bond?

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Two atoms share electrons equally

Bonds between two identical atoms are always non-polar

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What is a polar covalent bond?

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The sharing of electrons between two atoms UNEQUALLY
The nucleus of one atom attracts the shared electrons more strongly than the nucleus from the other atom
Partial negative charge, partial positive charge.
(Water!)

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What are hydrogen bonds?

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Forms when a hydrogen atom with a partial positive charge attracts the partial negative change of electronegative atoms, most often oxygen or nitrogen.
Cannot bind atoms into molecules, not very strong

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What is cohesion?

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The tendency of like particles to stay together

Cohesion of water gives for a very high surface tension

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What is a chemical reaction?

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Occurs when new bonds form or old bonds break between atoms

Total mass of reactants must equal that of products

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What are reactants?

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The starting substances in a chemical reaction

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What are the products?

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The ending substances of a chemical reaction

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What is metabolism?

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All the chemical reactions occurring in the body

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What are the three different kinds of energy? Describe them.

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  1. Potential energy - energy stored by matter due to its position
  2. Kinetic energy - energy associated with matter in motion
  3. Chemical energy - a form of potential energy that is stored in the bonds of compounds and molecules
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What is the law of conservation of energy?

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Energy can neither be created or destroyed, it may be converted from one form to another.

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What are exergonic reactions?

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Release more energy than they absorb

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What are endergonic reactions?

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Absorb more energy than they release

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What is activation energy?

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The collision energy needed to break the chemical bonds of the reactants

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What two things influence the chance that a collision will occur and cause a chemical reaction?

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  1. Concentration - more particles, greater chance

2. Temperature - higher temp, particles move more, greater chance

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What is a catalyst, what does it do?

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Chemical compounds that speed up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy needed for the reaction to occur.
Most important catalysts in the body are enzymes.

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What are synthesis reactions?

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When two or more atoms, ions, or molecules combine to form new and larger molecules.

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What is anabolism?

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Anabolic reactions are usually endergonic b/c they absorb more energy than they release.
All synthesis electrons that occur in your body are referred to as anabolism.

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What are decomposition reactions?

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Reactions that split up large molecules into smaller atoms, ions, molecules.

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What is catabolism?

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The decomposition reactions that occur in your body are referred to as catabolism.
Usually exergonic b/c they release more energy than they absorb.

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What are exchange reactions?

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They consist of both synthesis and decomposition reactions.

AB + CD –> AD + BC

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What are reversible reactions?

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The products can revert to the original reactants

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What are oxidation-reduction reactions?

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They are essential to life
The reactions that break down food molecules to produce energy
Are always parallel, oxidation and reduction occur together

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What is oxidation?

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Refers to the loss of electrons, and in the process the oxidized substance releases energy

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What is reduction?

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Refers to the gain of electrons, in the process the reduced substance gains energy

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What are the two principal classes of compounds?

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Inorganic and organic

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What makes inorganic compounds different?

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They usually lack carbon (C) and are structurally simple

Molecules only have a few atoms and cannot be used by cells to perform complicated biological functions

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What is special about organic compounds?

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Always contain carbon, usually contain hydrogen and always have covalent bonds
Most are large molecules, made up of long chains of carbon atoms

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What is the most important inorganic compound?

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Water

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What is the most important property of water?

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It’s polarity - the uneven sharing of valence electrons that confers a partial negative charge near the oxygen and a partial positive charge near the hydrogen
Makes water an excellent solvent
Allows water to resist temperature changes

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What is a solvent?

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The solvent dissolves another substance called the solute

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What does hydrophilic mean?

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Solutes that are charged or contain polar covalent bonds are hydrophilic, which means they dissolve easily in water (sugar, salt)

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What does hydrophobic mean?

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Molecules that contain mainly nonpolar covalent bonds

They are not very water soluble (fats or oils)

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What is hydrolysis?

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Decomposition reactions break down large molecules into smaller molecules by the addition of water molecules (in digestion)

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What is a dehydration synthesis reaction?

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Two smaller molecules join to form a larger molecule and a water molecule is one of the products formed

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What is a mixture?

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A combination of elements and compounds that are physically blended together but not bound by chemical bonds

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What is a colloid?

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The solute particles are large enough to scatter light, usually appear translucent or opaque
The solutes in solutions and colloids do not separate from the solvent

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What is a suspension?

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The suspended material may mix with the liquid or suspending medium for some time, but eventually it will settle out (blood)

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How can concentration be expressed?

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By mass per volume percentage

Units of moles per litre (total number of molecules per in a given volume)

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What is a mole?

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The amount of any substance that has a mass in grams equal to the the sum of the atomic masses of all its atoms

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What happens when inorganic acids, bases or salts dissolve in water?

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They dissociate - they separate into ions and become surrounded by water

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What is an acid?

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Is a substance that dissociates into one or more hydrogen ions (H+) and one or more anions, b/c H+ is a single proton with one positive charge, an acid is referred to as a proton donor.

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What is a base?

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Removes H+ from a solution and therefore is a proton acceptor
Many bases dissociate into one or more hydroxide ions (OH-) and one or more cations

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What is a salt?

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Dissociates into cations and anions, neither of which is H+ or OH-

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What makes a solution acidic?

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More H+ dissolved in the solution

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What makes a solution more basic?

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More OH- dissolved in the solution

83
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What is the pH scale?

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A solutions acidity or alkalinity is expressed from 0-14
Based on the concentration of H+ in the solution
Midpoint is 7

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What does a pH of 4 mean?

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Acidic

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What does a pH of 8 mean?

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Basic

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What is the pH of blood?

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Between 7.35 and 7.45

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What is the function of buffer systems?

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To convert strong acids or bases to weak acids and bases

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What are the main categories of organic compounds?

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Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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What makes carbon useful to living organisms?

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Can form bonds with one to thousands of other carbon atoms to produce large molecules
The body can build many different organic compounds, each with a unique structure and function
Useful for body building structures
Do not dissolve easily in water

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What kind of bond holds together organic compounds?

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Covalent bonds

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What is a carbon skeleton?

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A chain of carbon atoms

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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A carbon atom bonded with a hydrogen atom

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What are the different kinds of functional groups of organic molecules?

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  • hydroxyl, alcohols can an OH- group which is polar
  • sulfhydryl, thiols have an SH group which is polar
  • carbonyl, ketones contain a carbonyl group within the carbon skeleton, polar
  • carboxyl, carboxylic acids contain a carboxyl group at the end
  • ester, esters predominate fats and oils
  • phosphate, contain a phosphate group very hydrophilic
  • amino, amines have an NH2 group which can act as a base
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What are macromolecules?

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Very large molecules

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What is a polymer?

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Is a large molecule formed by the covalent bonding of many identical or similar small building block molecules called monomers

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What is an isomer?

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Molecules that have the same molecular formation but different structures

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What do carbohydrates include?

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Sugars, glycogen, starches, and cellulose

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What is the main function of carbohydrates?

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Source of chemical energy for generating ATP needed to drive metabolic reactions

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What are the elements found in carbohydrates?

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

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What are the three main groups of carbohydrates?

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Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides

101
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What two things are knows as simple sugars?

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Monosaccharides and disaccharides

102
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What is a monosaccharide?

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Simple sugar that contains 3-7 carbon atoms

Glucose, fructose, deoxyribose, ribose

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What is a disaccharide?

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Simple sugars formed from the combination of two monosaccharides by dehydration synthesis
Sucrose, lactose, maltose

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What are polysaccharides?

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From tens to hundreds of monosaccharides joined by dehydration synthesis
Glycogen, starch, cellulose
Insoluble in water, do not taste sweet

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What are lipids? What elements are they made of?

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Fats

Contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

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How are lipids different from carbohydrates?

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They do not have a 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to oxygen
There are fewer polar covalent bonds
Most lipids are insoluble
Hydrophobic

107
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What are lipoproteins?

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To become more soluble in blood, lipids join with hydrophilic protein molecules
Are soluble, b/c proteins are on the outside and lipids are on the inside

108
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What are the different types of lipids called?

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Fatty acids
Triglycerides 
Phospholipids 
Steroids
Eicosanoids 
Lipoproteins
109
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What is the function of fatty acids?

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Used to synthesize triglycerides and phospholipids or catabolized to generate ATP
Consists of a carboxyl group and a hydrocarbon chain

110
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What is the function of triglycerides?

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Protection, insulator , energy storage

Consists of a single glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules

111
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What is the function of phospholipids?

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Major lipid component of cell membranes

112
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What is a saturated fatty acid?

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Contains only single covalent bonds between the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon chain, SATURATED with hydrogen atoms

113
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What is an unsaturated fatty acid?

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Contains one or more double covalent bonds between the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon chain

114
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What forms the backbone of the triglyceride?

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A three carbon glycerol molecule

115
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What is an ester linkage?

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The chemical bond formed where each water molecule is removed from the joining of a glycerol molecule and a fatty acid molecule (3x)

116
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What is a fat?

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A triglyceride that is solid at room temperature

Mostly saturated

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What is an oil?

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A triglyceride that is liquid at room temperature

Mostly unsaturated

118
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What is the most highly concentrated form of energy in the body?

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Triglycerides

119
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What are essential fatty acids?

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Cannot be made by humans, must be obtained by diet

Omega-3 and omega-6

120
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How are phospholipids different from triglycerides?

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Glycerol backbone with only 2 fatty acid chains attached and a phosphate group (with a nitrogen head)
The head is polar and can form hydrogen bonds with water
The tail is nonpolar and can interact only with other lipids

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What does amphipathic mean?

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Molecules that have both polar and non-polar parts

122
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What is a steroid?

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Have 4 carbon rings
Body cells synthesize other steroids from cholesterol (large nonpolar region and a hydrocarbon tail)
Commonly known as -sterols b/c they have at least one hydroxyl group (OH-)

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What are eicosanoids?

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Lipids derived from a 20-carbon fatty acid called arachidonic acid

124
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What are proteins?

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Are large molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
May contain sulphur as well
Much more complex than carbohydrates or lipids

125
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What are enzymes?

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Proteins that speed up most biochemical reactions

126
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What are antibodies?

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Proteins that defend against invading microbes

127
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What are the different functions of proteins?

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Structural - framework for body
Regulatory - hormones
Contractile - allow shortening of muscle cells, which produces movement 
Immunological - antibodies 
Transport - hemoglobin
Catalytic - enzymes
128
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What are amino acids?

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Monomers of proteins
20 different amino acids
Each has a hydrogen atom and three important functional groups attached to a central carbon atom

129
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What are the three functional groups amino acids?

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  • an amino group (NH2)
  • an acidic carboxyl group (COOH)
  • a side chain (R group)
130
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What is a peptide bond?

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The covalent bond joining each pair of amino acids

As a peptide bond is formed, a water molecule is removed

131
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In an amino acid, what is the minimum number of carbon atoms? Nitrogen atoms?

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2 carbon, 1 nitrogen

132
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What are the 4 structures of proteins?

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  1. Primary - amino acid sequence
  2. Secondary - twisting and folding due to hydrogen bonds
  3. Tertiary - three dimensional shape of polypeptide chain
  4. Quaternary - arrangement of two or more polypeptide chains
133
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What are fibrous proteins?

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Insoluble in water and their polypeptide chains form long strands that are parallel to each other, structural functions

134
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What are globular proteins?

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More or less soluble in water and their polypeptide chains are spherical, metabolic functions

135
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What is denaturation?

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If a protein loses its shape, it is no longer functional

136
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What are enzymes?

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Protein molecules that are catalysts
Highly specific - each enzyme binds to a particular substrate
Highly efficient at catalyzing reactions
Subject to a variety of cellular controls

137
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What are nucleic acids and what are the two different kinds?

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Huge organic molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus

  1. DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid, inherited gene material in humans
  2. RNA - ribonucleic acid, relays instructions to genes to synthesize proteins for amino acids
138
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What is a nucleotide?

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A nucleic acid is a chain of repeating monomers called nucleotides
Forms the basis of DNA

139
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Each nucleotide of DNA consists of what three parts?

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  1. Nitrogenous base (A, T, C, G)
  2. Pentose sugar (5 carbon sugar)
  3. Phosphate group - form the backbone of DNA strand
140
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What do each of the bases pair with?

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A-T

C-G

141
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What are the names of the 4 DNA bases?

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Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine

142
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What is a mutation?

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Any change that occurs in the base sequence of a DNA strand

143
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How is RNA different from DNA?

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RNA is a pentose ribose, RNA contains U (uracil) instead of thymine

144
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What are the three different kinds of RNA?

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Messenger RNA
Ribosomal RNA
Transfer RNA

145
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What is ATP?

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Adenosine triphosphate is the “energy currency” of living systems
Transfers energy freed in exergonic catabolic reactions to power cellular activities that require energy
(Movement, cellular division)

146
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Describe the chemical reaction of ATP.

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ATP + water –> ADP (adenosine diphosphate) + phosphate group + energy

147
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Describe the two phases of cellular respiration.

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  1. Anaerobic phase - does not require oxygen, glucose is broken down by a series of catabolic reactions into pyruvic acid. Each glucose molecule that is converted into pyruvic acid yields two molecules of ATP
  2. Aerobic phase - needs oxygen! Glucose is completely broken down into carbon dioxide and water. These reactions generate heat and 36 or 38 ATP molecules

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