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Chemical Basis of Life Flashcards

1
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Smallest stable until of matter

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Atoms

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2
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What are the 3 major types of subatomic particles?

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Proton, neutron, electron

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3
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What 4 elements make up 96.5% of the human body?

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

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4
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What determines the reactivity of an atom?

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Electrons in the electron cloud

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5
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Outermost shell of each atom that determines bonding

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Valence shell

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6
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How many electrons can a level 1 and level 2 shell hold?

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2, 8

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7
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What do atoms with unfilled valence shells do?

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Unstable and react with other elements to have unfilled valence shells

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8
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What do atoms with filled valence shells do?

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Stable and won’t react with other elements

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9
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Atoms without full valence shells either ___ or ____ electrons to fill their valence shells

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Share, lose/gain

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10
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What are the 3 major ionic bonds?

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Covalent, ionic, hydrogen

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11
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Atom with a positive charge

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Cation

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12
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Atom with a negative charge

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Anion

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13
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Attraction between opposite charges draws the two ions together

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Ionic bond

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14
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Involve the sharing of pairs of valence electrons between atoms

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Covalent bond

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15
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Bonds between adjacent molecules; forms as a result of slightly positive and slightly negative portions of adjacent molecules being attracted to one another

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Hydrogen bond

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16
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Hydrogen bonds between water molecules

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Surface tension

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17
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What are the 3 types of reactions?

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Decomposition, Exchange, synthesis

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18
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Breaks molecules into small components

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Decomposition

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19
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Decomposition using water

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Hydrolysis

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20
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Collective decomposition reactions of the body; releases kinetic energy

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Catabolism

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21
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Combining of atoms or smaller molecules into large molecules

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Synthesis

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22
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Removal of water to form a larger molecules

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Dehydration synthesis

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23
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Collective synthesis of new molecules in the body; requires energy

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Anabolism

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24
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Reactants are shuffled to produce new products

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Exchange reactions

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25
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What makes up metabolism?

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Anabolism and catabolism

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26
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Amount of energy needed to get a reaction started

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Activation energy

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27
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Protein catalysts that lower the activation energy of reactions, speeding up the reaction

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Enzymes

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28
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What are the 4 properties of water?

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Lubricant, solubility, high heat capacity, chemical reactant

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29
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Reduces friction within joints and in body cavities

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Lubrication

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30
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Can absorb a lot o heat energy

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High heat capacity

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31
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Able to dissolve solutes

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Solubility

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32
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Reactions occur in water

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Chemical reactant

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33
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What is an example of water having high heat capacity?

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Cooling effect of perspiration

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34
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Ions in solutions that conduct electric current

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Electrolytes

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35
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Interacts with water

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Hydrophilic

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36
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What is an example of something that is hydrophilic?

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Ions and polar molecules

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37
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Does not interact with water

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Hydrophobic

38
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What are some examples of stuff that are hydrophobic?

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Fats, oils

39
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Concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution

40
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what type of concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxide does an acidic solution have?

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high H, low OH

41
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What type of concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxide does a basic solution have?

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Low H, high OH

42
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More hydrogen ions mean ___ pH

43
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Less hydrogen ions mean __ pH

44
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Solute that adds hydrogen ions to a solution; proton donor

45
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Solute that removes hydrogen from a solution; proton acceptor

46
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Ionic compound with any cation or anion except H and OH

47
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Compounds that stabilize pH by removing and replacing hydrogen ions

48
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What is an example of an acid?

49
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What is an example of a base?

50
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What is an example of a salt?

51
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What is an example of a buffer?

52
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What are the 4 main organic molecules?

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Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids

53
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What do carbohydrates contain?

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C,H,O in a 1:2:1 ratio

54
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Simple sugars that provide energy

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Monosaccharides

55
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What is an example of a monosaccharide?

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Glucose, fructose, galactose

56
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Two simple sugars that provide energy

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Disaccharides

57
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What is an example of a disaccharide?

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Sucrose, maltose

58
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Complex sugars that is used for stored energy

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Polysaccharides

59
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What is an example of a polysaccharide?

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glycogen, starch, cellulose

60
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Provides twice as much energy as carbohydrates, mainly hydrophobic

61
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What are the 5 types of lipids?

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Fatty acids, glycerides, steroids, phospholipids, eicosanoids

62
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Lipids used as an energy source

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Fatty acids

63
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Hard to break down, no double bond, lipids at room temperature

64
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Lipids that are easier to break down, has a double bond

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Unsaturated

65
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Fatty acids attached to glycerol, energy source, storage, and insulation

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Glycerides

66
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Lipid that is a structural component of a cell membrane and hormones

67
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Lipid that is a major component of cell membranes

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Phospholipids

68
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Lipids that are chemical messengers that coordinate local cellular activities

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Eicosanoids

69
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How many amino acids are there?

70
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What are some examples of proteins?

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hemoglobin, collagen

71
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Amino acids linked through dehydration synthesis

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Peptide bond

72
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3 or more amino acids linked together

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Polypeptides

73
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Peptides of over 100 amino acids

74
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What determines a protein’s function

75
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What determines a protein’s shape?

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Sequence of amino acids

76
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Protein shape and function deteriorate due to extreme conditions (pH, temperature)

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Denaturation

77
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Enzymes are regulatory ____

78
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Type of protein that facilitate most everything that occur in the body

79
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Reactants in enzymatic reactions

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Substrates

80
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Specific region of an enzyme

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Active site

81
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Active sites only bind substrates with a certain shape and size

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Specificity

82
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Each enzyme only catalyzes ___ type of reaction

83
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What determines the shape of amino acids?

84
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What are the 2 classes of nucleic acids?

85
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Found in the nucleus, stores genetic information and directs protein synthesis

86
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Controls intermediate steps in protein synthesis

87
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DNA and RNA are strings of _____

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nucleotides

88
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What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?

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Sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base

89
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What types of nitrogenous bases pair with each other?

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Purines, pyrimidines

90
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What type of shape does DNA have? RNA?

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DNA: double helix
RNA: single strand

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