Chemistry of life

Question 1

Saturated Fat

Answer 1

type of fat which has a single bond in the fatty acid chain

Question 2

Unsaturated fats

Answer 2

type of fat which has one or more double bonds in the fatty acid chain

Question 3

Anabolic

Answer 3

A hormone which grows bones and muscle

Question 4

catabolic

Answer 4

Hormone which degrades or breaks down molecules

Question 5

Optimum rate

Answer 5

Rate at which most product is formed in the shortest amount of time

Question 6

Haemoglobin

Answer 6

Respiratory carrier which transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissue and the return of Carbon Dioxide

Question 7

Catalyst

Answer 7

A substance which speeds up chemical reactions and is not used up during the chemical reaction

Question 8

Enzyme

Answer 8

A protein that speeds up chemical reactions without being used up and controls and regulates chemical reactions so they can occur at optimum rate

Question 9

Substrate

Answer 9

A substance that an enzyme acts on to produce a chemical reaction

Question 10

Substrate-specific

Answer 10

Enzymes are specific only to one substrate and one reaction

Question 11

Denature

Answer 11

Change in pH or temperature that change structure of the protein

Question 12

Nucleic acid

Answer 12

Organic molecules present in living cells

Question 13

Nucleotides

Answer 13

Building blocks or monomers of nucleic acids

Question 14

Element

Answer 14

Pure substance

Question 15

Element

Answer 15

Pure substance

Question 16

Compound

Answer 16

Made up of two or more elements

Question 17

Inorganic compounds

Answer 17

Compounds that do not contain carbon
exception: co2 and carbonates

Question 18

Organic compounds

Answer 18

Compound that contains the element carbon
mostly contain Hydrogen and Oxygen

Question 19

Minerals

Answer 19

Inorganic substances that are required by living organisms

Question 20

Macro-element

Answer 20

Element that are required in large quantities by living organisms

Question 21

Micro-element

Answer 21

Element that are required in small quantities by living organisms

Question 22

eutrophication

Answer 22

Rapid growth of living organisms, usually aquatic plants and algae due to increased supply in nutrients

Question 23

Saccharides

Answer 23

the unit structure of carbohydrates

Question 24

Glycogen

Answer 24

Stored form of glucose that’s made up of many connected glucose molecules

Question 25

Glucose formula

Answer 25

type of sugar found in plants and supplies energy to animals C6H12O6

Question 26

Fructose

Answer 26

Type of sugar found in honey and many fruits

Question 27

Cellulose

Answer 27

main substance in the cell walls of plants

Question 28

Monomer

Answer 28

The smallest, simplest or building blocks of unit of any substance

Question 29

Glycerol

Answer 29

A structural backbone of lipid molecules and is an important metabolite in living organisms

Question 30

Atherosclerosis

Answer 30

Thickening or hardening of blood vessels cause by building up of plaque in inner lining of artery