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1
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Define Scientific Method

A

Procedural steps used to outline an experiment

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2
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What are the steps to the Scientific Method?

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  1. Identify problem
  2. Experiment (methods)
  3. Results
  4. Conclusion
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3
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Define hypothesis

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Proposed explanation of why something is the way it is

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4
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Define Prediction

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An “If-Then” statement

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5
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Define control group

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Receives no or neutral treatment. Experimental group results are compared to this group.

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6
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Define independent variable

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The variable that the researcher manipulates in order to obtain a result.

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7
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Define dependent variable

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Variable affected by the manipulation of the independent variable.

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8
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What are the four large macromolecules?

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Carbs, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids.

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9
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Define Carbohydrate

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Serve as fuel and building material

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10
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What are Carbohydrates composed of?

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Sugars and their polymers

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11
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What are the three types of sugars?

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Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides

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12
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What are the three types of sugars made up of?

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One or more glucose held together by a glycosydic linkage

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13
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What kind of bond holds carbs together?

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Glycosidic linkage

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14
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What are the two types of monosaccharides?

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Glucose and Fructose

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15
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How are glucose and fructose similar?

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They are hexoses and are isomers of each other

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16
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Define isomer

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Same chemical formula, different structural formula

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17
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How are glucose and fructose different?

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Glucose: Aldose, 6 member ring
Fructose: Ketose, 5 membered ring

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18
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What is the difference between a ketose and an aldose?

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A ketose has a carbonyl group in the middle of the chain; An aldose has a carbonyl group at the end of the chain.

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19
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How do polymers form large molecules?

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Dehydration reaction by removing a water mlc to form a new bond.

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20
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How do polymers disassemble?

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Hydrolysis reaction by adding a water causing a bond to break.

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21
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What is the chemical formula for glucose?

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C6H12O6

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22
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What is the difference between alpha and beta glucose?

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In alpha glucose, first carbon has hydrogen on top. In beta glucose first carbon has hydroxide on top.

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23
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Can humans break down alpha or beta glucose?

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Alpha glucose.

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24
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Define disccharide

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Composed of two sugars

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25
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What are the three disaccharides?

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Maltose, Lactose, Sucrose

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26
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Define sucrose

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Glucose + Fructose

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27
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Define lactose

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Glucose + Galactose

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28
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Define Maltose

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Glucose + Glucose

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29
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Define Polysaccharide

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Composed of 3 or more sugars

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30
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What are the four types of polysaccharides?

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Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, and Chitin

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31
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Define starch

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A plant polysaccharide consisting of entirely glucose monomers. It is the storage form of glucose in plants

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32
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What are the simplest form of starch

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Amylose and Amylopectin

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33
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How do Amylose and Amylopectin differ?

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Amylose is unbranched. Amylopectin is branched.

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34
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Define glycogen

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An animal polysaccharide consisting of entirely glucose monomers. Is the storage from of glucose in animals.

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35
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Define cellulose

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Consists entirely of glucose monomers and is a major component of cell walls in plants

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36
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How do starch and cellulose differ?

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They have different glycosidic linkages.
Starch= 1-4 linkage of alpha glucose, 3D, helical
Cellulose= 1-4 linkage of beta glucose, 3D, straight

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37
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Why can’t humans digest cellulose?

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We lack the enzyme enabling our digestion of beta glucose.

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38
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Define Chitin

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A structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of arthropods.

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39
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How do lipids differ from the other macromolecules?

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They are NOT true polymers

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40
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Are lipids hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

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Hydrophobic

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41
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What are the three types of lipids?

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Fats, Phospholipids, Steroids

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42
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What is the structure of Fats?

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aka Triglyceride is glycerol + 3 fatty acids.

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43
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What is the function of fats in the human body?

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Energy storage, cushioning, insulation.

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44
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How do fatty acids vary?

A

Length (#of carbons), #of double bonds, locations of double bonds

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45
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Define Saturated fatty acid

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Have max # of hydrogen atoms

  • No double bonds
  • More common in animals
  • Solid at room temperature.
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46
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Define Unsaturated Fatty acid

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  • Have one or more double bonds
  • More common in plants
  • Liquid at room temperature
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47
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What are saturated fats saturated with?

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Hydrogens

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48
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How does a vegetable oil become a solid food product?

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Hydrogenation (adding hydrogen) and creates a trans fat

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49
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What is the functional group structure of a phospholipid?

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-Have 2 fatty acids and one phosphate group

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50
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What is the phospholipid structure?

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A hydroPHILIC head and hydroPHOBIC tails.

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51
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Define Steroid

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Lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of fused rings

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52
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What are the types of steroids?

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Cholesterol, Testosterone, Estrogen

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53
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What are the 7 functional groups?

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Hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino, phosphate, sulfhydryl, methyl

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54
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How do you identify the hydroxyl group?

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R———OH

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55
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How do you identify the carbonyl group?

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C=====O

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56
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How do you identify a ketone from the carbonyl group?

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Carbonyl is in the middle of the chain

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57
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How do you identify an aldehyde?

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Carbonyl is at the end of the chain

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58
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How do you identify the carboxyl group?

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O
||
R—–C——-OH

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59
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How do you identify the Amino group?

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H——N——H
|
R

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60
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How do you identify the phosphate group?

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O 
             ||
O- -------P-------  O-
              |
             O
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61
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How do you identify the Sulfhydryl group?

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R————SH

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62
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How do you identify the methyl group?

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H
                |
R-----------C------H
                |
               H
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63
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What type of bond holds lipids together?

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Ester Linkage

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64
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Define Protein functions

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Enzymatic, storage, hormonal, contractile/motor, defensive, transport, receptor, structural

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65
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Define polypeptides

A

Polymers of amino acids

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66
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Define the functional group structure of amino acids

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Possess an amino group and a carboxyl group

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67
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How can amino acids differ?

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Differ in properties due to differing side chains. These properties are Non-polar, polar, acidic, or basic.

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68
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What bonds an amino acid together?

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Peptide bonds

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69
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How is a proteins function determined?

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The specific conformation

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70
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What are the four structures of an amino acid?

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Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary

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71
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Define primary structure

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Unique chain of amino acids in a poly peptide

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72
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Define secondary structure

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  • The folding/coiling of a polypeptide.
  • Determined by BACKBONE and hydrogen bond interactions.
  • Contains alpha helices (coil) and beta pleated sheet (folded)
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73
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Define tertiary structure

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3D shape of a polypeptide, determined by SIDECHAIN interactions

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74
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Define Quaternary structure

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Overall protein structure. Made when multiple peptides come together

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75
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What is an example of quaternary structure?

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Hemoglobin

76
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What determines protein conformation?

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Physical and chemical conditions (pH and temp)

77
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Define denaturation

A

When a protein unravels and loses its native conformation

78
Q 
All of the following are linked together by peptide bonds except:
Hemoglobin
Collagen
Transport Protein
Cholesterol
Insulin
A

Cholesterol

79
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Define gene

A

A unit of inheritance that programs an amino acid

80
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What are the two types of nucleic acids?

A

Deoxyribose Nucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)

81
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What is the function of DNA?

A

Stores information for the synthesis of specific proteins

82
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What are the three components of a nucleotide?

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Pentose sugar, Nitrogeneous base, Phosphate group

83
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Define a nucleoside

A

Portion of a nucleotide without the phosphate group

84
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Define DNA

A

Deoxyribonucleic acid, Nitrogeneous bases form hydrogen bonds in complementary fashion.

85
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How do you pair DNA?

A

A always with T

G always with C

86
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Describe the DNA backbones

A

They run in opposite 5’ to 3’ directions referred to as antiparallel

87
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What is the name of the monomer of a carbohydrate?

A

Monosaccharide

88
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What is the name of the polymer of a carbohydrate?

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Polysaccharide

89
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What type of linkage is present in carbohydrates?

A

Glycosidic linkages

90
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What type of component is present in a lipid?

A

Fatty acids

91
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What type of larger mlc is present in a lipid?

A

Triaglycerides

92
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What type of linkage is present in lipids?

A

Ester Linkages

93
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What type of monomer is present in proteins?

A

Amino acids

94
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What type of polymer is present in proteins?

A

Polypeptides

95
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What type of linkage is present in proteins?

A

Peptide bonds

96
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What type of monomer is present in nucleic acids?

A

Nucleotides

97
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What type of polymer is present in Nucleic acids?

A

Polynucleotides

98
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What type of linkage is present in nucleotides?

A

phosphodiester linkages

99
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How do you identify a polar side chain?

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Contains N,O,S, or an OH group

100
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How do you identify a nonpolar side chain?

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Only carbons and hydrogen

101
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How do you identify an acidic side chain?

A

Negative charge on the side chain

102
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How do you identify a basic side chain?

A

Has a positive charge on the side chain

103
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Define cell

A

The simplest collection of matter that can live

104
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Define Cell fractionation

A

Takes cell apart and separates the major organelles from one another based on size and density

105
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Define centrifuge

A

Used to fractionate cells into their component parts

106
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What are the two types of cells?

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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic

107
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What are the domains of Prokaryotic cells?

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Bacteria and Archea

108
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What are the domains of Eukaryotic cells?

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Protists, fungi, animals, and plants

109
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What do both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells share?

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Ribosomes, plasma membrane, DNA, RNA, chromosomes, cytosol

110
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What is in an animal cell but not a plant cell?

A

Lysosomes, centrioles, flagella

111
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Define centrosome

A

Where microtubules are initiated, contain pair of centrioles

112
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What is cytoskeleton function?

A

Reinforces cell shape, functions in cell movement, anchors many organelles

113
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Microvilli

A

Projections, increase as surface area increases

114
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Define Peroxisomes

A

produces hydrogen peroxide

115
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Define Mitochondrion

A

cellular respiration, ATP generated

116
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Define Lysosome

A

digestive organelle

117
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What are in plant cells but not animal cells?

A

Chloroplasts, central vacuole, cell wall, plasmodesmata

118
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Define cell wall

A

Outer layer, maintain cell shape, protects from cell damage

119
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Define plasmodesmata

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Channels through cell walls, connect with cytoplasms of adjacent cells

120
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Define chlorpolast

A

Type of plastid, photosynthesis

121
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Define nuclear laminae

A

lines the inner surface of nuclear envelope

122
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Define nuclear envelope

A

double membrane, encloses the nucleus, separating its content from the cytoplasm

123
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Define Nucleolus

A

synthesis of ribosomal RNA

124
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Define chromatin

A

Composes chromosomes which compose DNA

125
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What are the components of the endomembrane system?

A 
Nuclear Envelope
ER
Golgi Apparatus
Lysosomes
Vacuoles
Plasma Membrane
126
Q

True or false: the ER accounts for more than half the total membrane in many eukaryotic cells

127
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What are the 2 regions of the ER?

A

Smooth and rough

128
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What are the functions of the smooth ER?

A

Synthesize lipids, metabolizes carbs, stores calcium, detoxifies poison

129
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What are the functions of the rough ER?

A

Synthesize proteins (membrane and secretory)

130
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Define cisternae

A

Flattened, membranous sacs

131
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What are the functions of the Golgi Apparatus?

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Modifies products of the ER, manufactures macromolecules, sorts and packages materials into transport vesicles

132
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What are the two sides of the Golgi apparatus?

A

Cis and trans

133
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What is a vacuole?

A

Membrane-bound sac with varied functions

134
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What are the types of vacuoles?

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Food vacuoles, contractile vacuoles, and central vacuoles

135
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What is a food vacuole?

A

formed by phagocytosis

136
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What is a contractile vacuole?

A

Pumps excess water out of cells

137
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What is a central vacuole

A

holds organic compounds in water, breaks down waste

138
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Where does Aerobic Respiration occur?

A

The mitochondria in plant and animal cells

139
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What are the by products of Aerobic Respiration?

A

ATP, CO2, and H2O

140
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Where does photosynthesis occur?

A

The chloroplast of a plant cell?

141
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What happens during photosynthesis?

A

Light energy is converted to glucose and produces O2

142
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How did mitochondria and chloroplasts come about?

A

A cell would engulf a another cell to obtain a mitochondria or chloroplast. That is why it is double membraneous

143
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Define endosymbiont

A

Working together

144
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Define cytoskeleton

A

A network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm

145
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What are the 3 molecular structures composing the cytoskeleton?

A

Microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments.

146
Q

What are the fundamental properties of living organisms?

A

Order, Regulation, Growth & development, Energy utilization, Response to the environment, Reproduction, Evolution

147
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What is the correct sequence of hierarchy downward?

A

Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organisms, Organ system, organ, organ tissue, cells, Organelles, Molecules

148
Q

What do the dynamics of any ecosystem depend on?

A

Chemical cycling and Energy flow

149
Q

What two main points did Darwin focus on?

A

Descent with modification and the evolutionary mechanism, and natural selection

150
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What three observations is natural selection based on?

A

Variation, over production, adaptation

151
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Define Variation

A

Individuals in a population vary in traits

152
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Define Over Production

A

More offspring survive to reproduce causing organisms to compete for resources

153
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Define Adaptation

A

Species generally suit their environment

154
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Define Artificial Selection

A

Selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals by humans

155
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What are the four elements essential to life?

A

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen

156
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How many trace elements are there?

157
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Define trace element

A

Elements required by an organism but only in minute quantities

158
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Define isotope

A

An element that differs in the number of neutrons but has the same number of protons

159
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Define valence electrons

A

The number of unpaired electrons in the outermost (valence) shell

160
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When asking what atom has a valence of two….

A

look for the outer shell that needs two more electrons to complete the octet rule

161
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What is the difference between a nonpolar and polar covalent bond?

A

Non polar the atoms have similar electronegativities, and share the electron equally.
Polar have different electronegativities and share the electron unequally.

162
Q

When is chemical equilibrium reached?

A

When the forward and reverse reaction rates of a chemical are equal (Is balanced)

163
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What are the four properties of water?

A

Cohesion, Temperature Moderation, Expansion upon freezing, Versatility as a solvent

164
Q

True or false: Water has a high specific heat

165
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What is an acid?

A

A proton donor

166
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What is a base?

A

A proton acceptor

167
Q

What are the 8 Hierarchies

A

Kingdom, Phylus, Class, Order, Family, Domain, Genus, Species

168
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Does gamete formation occur in miosis or mitosis?

169
Q

Does cell division occur in miosis or mitosis?

170
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How do you determine the pH based on the number of Hydronium ions given

A

10^-ph H=pH

ex// 10^-4=pH of four

171
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In terms of hydronium ions is a pH of four acidic or basic?

172
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In termos of Hydroxide ions is a pH of four acidic or basic?

173
Q

How do you find the pH based on the number of hydroxide ions given?

A

10^-xOH= 14-x=pH

174
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How do you find the pOH based on the number of Hydroxide ions given?

A

10^-pOH=pOH

175
Q

What is the largest component of the cytoskeleton?

A

Microtubules

176
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What is the smallest component of the cytoskeleton?

A

Microfilaments

177
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What are Microtubules made up of?

178
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What are microfilaments made up of?

179
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What are intermediate filaments made up of?

180
Q

What do microtubules help function?

A

Cilia or flagella

181
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What do microfilaments help function?

A

Muscle contraction

182
Q

What hormone is used in cilia and flagella function?

183
Q

What hormone is used in muscle contraction?

184
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What do intermediate filaments help function?

A

Cell shape

185
Q

What are the functions of microtubules?

A
  • cell division

- Chromosome movement

186
Q

What are the functions of microfilaments?

A
  • amoeboid movement
  • cytoplasmic streaming
  • microvilli
  • cell division
187
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What is the function of intermediate filaments?

A

nuclear lamina formation

BIOL 190 (4 decks)

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