Chapter Two Flashcards

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What are the tenets of the chemistry of life

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Based on carbon compounds, requires aqueous solutions, complex chemistry, polymeric molecules, tightly regulated

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2
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Atoms are the

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Smallest particle of en element

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3
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What is the atomic number

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Number of protons in nucleus

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4
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What are isotopes

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Number of neutrons change making element radioactive

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5
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What is Avogadro’s number

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6 x 10^-23 atoms/gram of hydrogen

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6
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What do we have to worry about with angle bonds

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Steric henderance

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7
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Single bonds share how many electrons

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2

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8
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Double bonds share how many electrons

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4

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9
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What links water molecules together

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H bonds

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10
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What links hydrogen to oxygen in water

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Covalent bond

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11
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Acids release what

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Protons

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12
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Protons from acids that are released form

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Hydronium ion

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13
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Bases do what

A

Accept protons

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14
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Monosaccharides use what bond to make polysaccharides

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Covalent bonds

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15
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Example of oligosaccharides

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Sucrose, maltose, lactose

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16
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Examples of polysaccharides

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Starch, glycogen and fiber

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17
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Hydrolysis requires what for reaction

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Water

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18
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By product of condensation

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Water

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19
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Function of sugars

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Energy, storage, structural support, and cell membrane components

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20
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How is sugar stored

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Glycogen

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21
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What is the sugar circulating in the blood

22
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How is glucose trapped inside of cell

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Becomes phosphorylated

23
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What phosphorylated glucose that is irreversible

A

Hexokinase

24
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What enzyme is used to phosphorylated glucose that is reversible

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Glucokinase

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What is the structure of fatty acids
Long hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail, polar hydrophilic head
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What is the classification of lipids
Triglycerides, phospholipids and sterols
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Triglycerides are also known as
Neutral fats
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Example of sterols
Cholesterol
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Fatty acids are also called
Amphipathic molecules
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Are saturated tails straight or kinked
Straight
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Are unsaturated tails straight or kinked
Kinked
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Fatty acids are stored as
Triacylglycerol
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Function of fatty acids
Concentrated food reserve, steroid/ hormones and for cell membranes
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Fatty acids are transported by
Chylomicrons
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What enzyme helps lipids into cell
Lipoprotein lipase
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Fatty acids are used for
Energy or stored
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What are lipoproteins
Lipid containing droplets to shuttle fats
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Are peptide bonds covalent or non covalent
Covalent
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Function of nucleotides
Energy in form of ATP and formation of DNA/RNA
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Condensation reaction forms
Peptides
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Noncovalent bonds control what
Shape
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Weak non covalent bonds cause
Conformation
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What are the non colalent bonds
Ionic, h bond, van der waals, hydrophobic
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Human body contains how many cells
10^13
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How many different type of cells
Over 200
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What is the total amount of body of water
42 liters
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Extracellular fluid makes up how much fluid in body
14 L
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How many liters of fluid in body make up intracellular fluid
28 L
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Capillary membrane is what type of barrier
Semi-permeable
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Cellmembranes have what type of barrier
Selective