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0
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What does ph do?

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Measures whether something is basic or acidic

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What is the most universal solvent?

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Water

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On the ph scale 7 and up is?

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Basic

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On the ph scale 7 and down is?

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Acidic

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On the ph scale 7 is?

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Neutral

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What two parts the solution consist of?

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Solute and solvent

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30% sucrose solution contains what?

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30% sucrose solution and 70% solvent

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In a 30% sucrose solution what is the solute?

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Sucrose

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In a 30% sucrose solution what is the solvent?

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Water

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What are two types of active transport?

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Diffusion and osmosis

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What is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?

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Diffusion

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What is the movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through selectively permeable membrane?

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Osmosis

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The higher the solute the lower the what?

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Solvent

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The higher the solvent the lower the what?

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Solute

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What does active transport do?

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It moves molecules of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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15
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Why do you need a breakdown of numbers?

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So that you and your doctor can come up with a solution

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16
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All except sex hormones are what?

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Proteins

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17
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What are sex hormones?

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Lipids

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18
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What are insulin hormones?

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Proteins

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19
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What does transfat increase?

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Cholesterol

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20
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What is a phospholipid?

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A phosphate and lipid mixed together

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21
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Hydrophilic means what?

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It attracts water

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22
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What does hydrophobic mean?

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Repels water

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Polar means what?

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Attracted to water

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Nonpolar means?

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It repels water

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25
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Which family does steroids belong to?

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Lipid

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26
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What does anabolic steroids affect?

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Muscle and bone development

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27
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1 gram of carbohydrates = ?

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4 kal

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28
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1 gram of protein = ?

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4 kal

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29
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1 gram of fat = ?

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9 kal

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30
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What are antibodies used for?

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To fight off foreign invaders

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31
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What are membrane proteins?

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Proteins in the membrane

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32
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What are recognition proteins used for?

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They are used to identify cells that belong to you as opposed to cells that are foreign

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What happened in inactive transport?

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You move from an area of low concentration to an area of low concentration

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34
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What are the building blocks for proteins?

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Monomers ( amino acids) (aa)

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35
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How does dehydration synthesis happen?

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Aa1 and aa2 form a peptide bond and add h2o

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36
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What is a chain of amino acids (protein)also called?

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Polypeptide chain

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37
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What does the DNA base pairing rule states about nitrogen bases?

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That nitrogen bases T always goes with A and G always goes with C

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38
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What are the four nitrogen bases?

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T, A, G, C

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39
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What are the three different types of RNA?

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Messenger, transfer, and ribosome

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40
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Where are the messenger RNAs found?

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In the nucleus

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41
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Where are the transfer RNAs found?

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In the cytoplasm

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42
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Where are the ribosome RNA found?

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In the rough E.R.

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43
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What does RNA base pairing rule state?

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A always goes with uracil and G goes with C

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44
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What is ATP an example of?

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Nucleic acid

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45
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What are the two types of digestion?

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Mechanical and physical

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46
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What does saliva do?

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It moistens the food so you can taste it

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47
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What does salivary amylase do?

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Breaksdown the starch

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48
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What is peristaltic action?

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When the esophagus contracts and relaxes creating waves and pushing the food down in waves

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49
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What is chyme?

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Partially liquified food

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50
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How does pepsin become active?

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Pepsin is inactive and then the hydrochloric acid is added and now the pepsin is active

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51
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What does pepsin digest?

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Proteins

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52
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What does emulsify mean?

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Breakdown

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53
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What do buffers do?

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Neutralizes the acid

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54
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Why does the body breakdown organic compounds into their original make up?

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So that it can use the original make up to make up any other organic compound it needs

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55
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What is a positively charged particle found in the nucleus?

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Proton

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56
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What are particles with no electrical charge that is found in the nucleus?

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Neutrons

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57
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What are negatively charged particles found in layers around the nucleus?

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Electrons

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58
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What are the layers orbiting around the nucleus?

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Electron shells

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59
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In a normal atom the number of protons is always equal to the number of electrons. True or False?

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True

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60
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In a normal atom the number of protons is always the same as the number of neutrons. True or False?

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False

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61
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What atoms with same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons?

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Isotopes

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62
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Not a lot of atoms have unstable isotopes. True or False?

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False

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63
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Atoms tend to breakdown over time. True or False?

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True

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64
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What is the amount of time it takes one-half of an isotope sample to decay into a different element?

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Half life

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65
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What is composed of atoms, all the same type?

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Elements

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66
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What is each element represented by?

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Chemical symbols

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67
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What is each element’s unique number of protons called?

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Atomic number

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68
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When the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons what kind of charge does the atom have?

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None. The atom is neutral.

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What are the chemical properties of elements determined by?

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The number of electrons in the outermost shell

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70
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How many electrons are on the first level?

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2

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71
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How many electrons are on the second level?

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8

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72
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How many electrons are on the third level?

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18

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73
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What is the octant rule?

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When atoms are in the most stable configuration when the outermost shell holds exactly 8 electrons

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What is a bond that forms when one atom donates one or more electrons and another atom accepts?

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Ionic bond

75
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What does an atom become if it gains or loses electrons?

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Ion

76
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What does an atom become if it gains or loses protons?

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A different element

77
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An atom that gains or loses neutrons?

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Isotope

78
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What do elements combine to form?

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Molecules or compounds

79
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What are elements made of?

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Atoms

80
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What are atoms that accept electrons? And why?

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Negative ions. Because their electrical charge changes from neutral to negative.

81
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What area atoms that donates electrons? And why?

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Positive ions. Because their electrical charge changes from neutral to positive.

82
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Ionic bonds are very strong. True or False?

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False

83
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In what do ions separate back into their original state?

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Water

84
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Ions are important for what type of chemistry?

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Body

85
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Why are ions important to body chemistry?

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Because they are necessary for the proper function of many body systems

86
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What are some examples of body systems that ions help?

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Nervous system
Muscle system
Digestive system
Cardiovascular system

87
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What is the ph scale based on?

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The concentration of the hydrogen ion (H+)

88
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The higher the concentration of hydrogen the what?

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The lower on the ph scale

89
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The lower the concentration of hydrogen the what?

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The higher on the ph scale

90
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The ph runs from what?

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0 - 14

91
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When the solution has a ph of 7 what is it?

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Neutral

92
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When the solution’s ph is lower than 7 it’s what?

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An acid

93
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When the solution’s ph is higher than 7 it’s what?

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A base

94
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Acids do what to hydrogen ions?

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Release

95
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Bases do what to hydrogen ions?

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Absorb

96
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Covenant bond forms when?

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Atoms share electrons

97
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Covenant bonds may be formed with what?

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One or more electrons

98
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What does a single covenant bond share?

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One pair of electrons

99
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What does a double covalent bond share?

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Two pairs of electron

100
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Do strong covalent bonds separate easily in water?

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No

101
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All four organic compounds form what?

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Covalent bonds

102
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What are the four organic compounds?

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Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids

103
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In nonpolar covalent bonds the electrons are what?

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Shared equally between atoms

104
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In polar covalent bonds the electrons are what?

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Not shared equally between atoms

105
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What is an example of a polar covalent bonds?

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Water

106
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What does the term polar mean?

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Different charges on opposite ends of the molecule

107
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Because water molecules are polar what does the positive end of one water molecule do?

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Bonds to a negative end of a different water molecule

108
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When a hydrogen and oxygen bond it’s called what?

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A hydrogen bond

109
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Why can water dissolve more substances than any other liquid?

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Because all compounds can bond with one end or the other of a water molecule

110
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What are cells surrounded by?

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Cell membrane

111
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What does the cell membrane do?

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Controls the movement of molecules in and out of the cell

112
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Since the cell has control of which molecules can cross the membrane, the membrane is said to be what?

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Selectively permeable

113
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Cells exist in what type of environment?

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Wet

114
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What is a solution?

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Materials dissolves in a liquid (usually water)

115
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What are the dissolved materials called what?

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Solute

116
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The liquid in which the materials are dissolved is called what?

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Solvent

117
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Solute + solvent always equals what?

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100%

118
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Passive transport requires what?

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No energy from a cell

119
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In passive transport substances do what?

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Move across the membrane freely

120
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What are examples of passive transport?

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Oxygen
Water
Carbon dioxide

121
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What are two types of passive transport?

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Diffusion and osmosis

122
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What is diffusion?

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The net movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration

123
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What is the net movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration also called?

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Concentration gradient

124
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What is a nonliving example of diffusion?

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Spraying perfume in one corner of a room and the aroma will begin to diffuse throughout the room

125
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What are some living examples of diffusion?

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Oxygen diffusing from the air into the blood

126
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How does oxygen diffuse into the blood?

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There are higher levels of oxygen inside the lungs than in the blood so the oxygen diffuses from the lungs into the blood

127
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What is osmosis?

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The movement of water through the membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

128
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Why does diffusion occur?

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Because atoms and molecules continually move and bump into each other

129
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What happens to the atoms and molecules in areas where the molecules are more highly concentrated?

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Collisions are more frequent

130
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Osmosis is a special case of diffusion that refers only to what?

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The movement of water

131
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A 30% sucrose solution contains a what percentage of water than a 20% sucrose solution?

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Lower

132
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What does active transport do?

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It uses ATP energy to move molecules across the cell membrane that can’t be moved by passive transport

133
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What is an example of active transport?

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Moving cells against the concentration gradient

134
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What some examples of moving cells against the concentration gradient?

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Cells pick up glucose from the blood to use for cell respiration
Sending messages in nerve cells

135
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How do plants use active transport?

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Plant cells absorb low concentration minerals inside the cell from the soil which has a higher concentration of the same minerals in the soil

136
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Living organisms require what as a source of energy for metabolic activities?

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Food

137
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What are the two ways food is broken down?

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Chemically and mechanically

138
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Where does digestion take place?

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Within a tube that forms the digestive tract

139
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The digestive tract begins with what and ends with what?

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Mouth and anus

140
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All organic compounds have a skeleton of covalently bonded what?

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Carbon atoms

141
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Carbon atoms form what type of bonds?

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Very stable

142
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What does carbon atoms form strong bonds with?

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One another
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Sulfur
143
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When carbon atoms forms all these strong bonds with all these elements it forms what?

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Organic compounds

144
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All organic molecules are composed of small organic molecules joined together to form what?

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Larger molecules

145
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The small organic molecules are also called what?

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Building blocks

146
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The smaller building blocks are called what?

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Monomers

147
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Small organic molecules joined together into larger molecules called?

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Polymers

148
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Some polymers may consist of how many atoms covalently bonded together?

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Thousands

149
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Monomers can be separated and used for what?

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Part of a new polymer

150
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What is combining several small molecules into larger molecules?

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Synthesis

151
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What does synthesis do?

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Forms covalent bonds between unlinked monomers

152
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What are some examples of synthesis?

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Building muscles, repairing body tissue

153
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What is breaking larger molecules into smaller pieces?

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Hydrolysis

154
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What is an example of hydrolysis?

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Digestion

155
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Carbohydrates are example of what?

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Organic compound

156
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What some of the functions carbohydrates have?

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Energy source
Energy storage
Structural materials
Cell identification

157
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What are some examples of carbohydrates being used as an energy source?

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Photosynthesis: solar energy is converted to chemical energy in the form of sugars
Sugars can be used as fuel for cell respiration

158
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What are some examples of sugars being used as fuel for cell respiration?

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Glucose and fructose

159
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What is an example of carbohydrates being used to store energy for later use?

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Glucose monomers join together to form large storage molecules when needed the monomers can be broken apart and used as fuel for cell respiration

160
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What are some examples of glucose monomers joining together to form large storage molecules?

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Starch ( in plants)

Glycogen (in animals)

161
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What do some types of carbohydrates do?

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Provide structural support to cells and become part of the body tissues of organisms

162
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What some examples of carbohydrates providing structural support to cells?

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Cellulose and chitin

163
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What does cellulose do?

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Forms the cell wall of plants and provides strength and support to branches and trunks of trees

164
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What does chitin do?

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Forms the skeleton of insects, crabs and stiffens the cell wall of fungi

165
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Cells have identification markers that do what?

A

Label you as a human and as an individual

166
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How does carbohydrates aid in cell identification?

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Carbohydrates link to recognition proteins

167
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What are the recognition proteins called?

A

Glycoproteins

168
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What are the building blocks for carbohydrates?

A

Monosaccharide

169
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Monosaccharide is also called?

A

Simple sugars

170
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What are some examples of monosaccharides (simple sugars)?

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Glucose
Fructose
Galactose
Ribose
Deoxyribose
171
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Two monosaccharides bonded together is called?

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Disaccharide

172
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What are some examples of disaccharides?

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Sucrose and lactose

173
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Glucose + fructose =?

A

Sucrose

174
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Glucose + galactose =?

A

Lactose

175
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How are disaccharides formed?

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By dehydration synthesis

176
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What is dehydration synthesis?

A

The removal of water

177
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What is hydrolysis?

A

The addition of water

178
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What is made up of chains of many monosaccharides?

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Polysaccharides

179
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What is the most common monosaccharide used in polysaccharide construction?

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Glucose

180
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What other things is glucose used to make?

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Cellulose
Starch
Glycogen

181
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Different arrangements of the monomers may result in what?

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Different shape of the polysaccharides with different functions

182
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Dietary fibers are what?

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Polysaccharides that are not digested in the small intestine

183
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What don’t humans have?

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The type of digestive enzymes needed to break the bonds found in cellulose

184
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How much dietary fibers should you have a day?

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18 grams

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