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What is the drug that acts on the neurons - - altering the transmission of nerve signals?

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Cocaine

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When a diet does not contain all the necessary nutrients?

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Malnourished

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What is one of the categories of fat, usually a solid at room temperature, examples are Lard or Crisco?

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Animal fat

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What type of fat has double bonds between the Carbons?

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Unsaturated fat

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What is any substance that alters the bodies structure or functions?

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Drug

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What reflects ALL energy?

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White

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What is the term for when the body is IN balance?

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Homeostasis

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What is the bodies defense system?

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Antibodies

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What is the term for when energy is released BACK into space?

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Outward flow

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What is the name of the purified more concentrated form of cocaine?

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Crack

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What is the protein that makes up hair?

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Alpha Keratin

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What is the term for when medicine we take - ends up disrupting a different system in our body?

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Side effect

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What is the term for when 3 fatty acids are combined with 3 fats?

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Triglyercide

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What is the term for the substance that builds up in your lungs?

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Tar

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What is the term for when light strikes an object and it reflects back WITHOUT heating up?

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reflectivity

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What is another name for skin cancer?

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Melanoma

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What substance is produced when mixing an acid and a base?

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Salt

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What is a cancer causing agent?

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Carcinogen

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What is the term for 3 coiled chains of alpha keratin?

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Super Coil

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What is the process of capturing solar energy and converting it into a chemical form and stored as sugar?

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Photosynthesis

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What hormone increases the growth of muscle?

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Anabiotic Steroid

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What is the chemical that is produced by the body to break down tar?

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Elastase

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What is another name for the water cycle?

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Hydrolic cycle

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What is the term for when the body is not getting enough calories each day no matter what you eat?

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Undernourished

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What is the inner layer of the skin?

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Dermis

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What is the process of absorbing reflected energy in the atmosphere?

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Green House Effect

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What is a substance with an H+ ion acceptor?

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Base

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What is the lung disease that is caused from smoking?

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Emphazema

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What is Sunscreen Protection Factor - - it protects skin from UV rays?

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SPF

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What are the glands that secrete oil and keep the skin flexible?

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Oil glands

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What is the term for drugs that relieve pain - but can become very addictive?

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Narcotic analgesics

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What is the outer layer of the skin - - it produces skin cells?

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Epidermis

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What is the organ that can excrete acidic or basic solutions and excretes waste from the body in the form of urine?

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Kidney

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What do you get when you replace a chlorine with a hydrogen on CFC’s?

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HCFC’s

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What is the term for enzymes that break down alcohol?

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Alcohol dehydrogenase

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What is the biological catalyst that speeds up a reaction without being a part of it?

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Enzyme

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What is the term for the burning of the skin in small amounts?

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Tanning

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What is the term for the unit of heat energy - - the amount of heat needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius?

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Specific heat

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What is the process of measuring the quantity of thermal energy a food releases under controlled conditions?

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Calorimetry

40
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What is made from small molecules that form lang chains?

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Amino acid

41
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What do molecules and enzymes work on?

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Substrate

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What is the chemical that is produced by the body that blocks pain?

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Endorphines

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What is the term for the bacteria that is all around - - but does NOT cause damage unless they get into the body?

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Harmful bacteria

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What is the type of carbohydrate made up of 2 simple sugars?

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Disaccharide

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What is the energy coming IN from the sun?

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Inward flow

46
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What is produced by the skin and is used to transfer Calcium to our bones?

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Vitamin K

47
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What is a molecule with electrons are NOT shared equally?

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Polar molecule

48
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What is Minimal erythermal doeses - - it is how we measure our skins susceptibility to the sun?

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MED

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What is the key energy releasing carbohydrate in the biological system?

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Glucose

50
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What is the term for when curls are created or removed (a change that can NOT go back)?

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Permanent

51
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What is the term for simple sugars?

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Monosacharide

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What is the process where we breathe OUT CO2 into the air?

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Respiration

53
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What is a solution that can neutralize and acid or a base?

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Buffer solution

54
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What is the layer in the atmosphere that is 30 miles up - - little wind is found there?

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Stratosphere

55
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What is it called when oily skin clogs pores and causing an infection?

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Acne

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What is the type of fat that has MORE than 1 double bond between carbons?

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Polysaturated fat

57
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Coal, natural gas and gasoline are examples of . . . .?

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Fossil fuel

58
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What biomolecules are necessary for growth, reproduction and life?

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Vitamin

59
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What are the bonds that keep hair in place often with an oxygen molecule?

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Hydrogen bond

60
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What is the type of vitamin that needs to be dissolved in fat from the diet to be absorbed by the body?

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Fat soluble vitamin

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What is the skin darkening material?

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Melanin

62
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What is it called when the pH of rain is lower that 5.4?

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Acid rain

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What is the drug that distorts perception of reality by distorting nerve transmission and stimulating nerves of the sensory centers of the brain?

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Hallucinogen

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What can occur if the lungs do NOT expel enough carbon dioxide and the carbonic acid builds in the body?

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Acidous

65
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What disease is caused when bones are soft and deformed?

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Rickets

66
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What are drugs that work because they are similar in size and shape to endorphins?

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Morophines

67
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What are deep pockets in the scalp where hair grows from?

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Hair follicles

68
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What are propellants that are used in aerosol cans and as coolants in fridges and air conditioners?

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CFC

69
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What is the term for elements (minerals) that are needed in large amounts?

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Macro elements

70
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What are bonds between protein chains that cause them to fold onto each other?

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Ionic bonds

71
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What is the active drug in tobacco?

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Nicotine

72
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What is the chemical combination of 2 amino acids - - examples are Nutra Sweet and Equal?

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Aspartame

73
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What is a substance that is added to increase the foods nutritional value, storage life, visual appeal or the ease of production called?

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Food additive

74
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What is another name for fat?

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Lipid

75
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What are all substances that harm the body?

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Toxins

76
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What is the layer of the earth - where we live - 6 miles up - - and is where weather takes place?

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Troposphere

77
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What is the term for the 9 amino acids you body can not make?

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Essential amino acid

78
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What is the term for Illegal drugs (street drugs)?

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Illicit drugs

79
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What is the term for 11 super coils?

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Microfribril

80
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What is the name of the device that is used to measure the amount of calories in food?

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Calorimeter

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What is the type of fat that usually is a liquid at room temperature - - OILS?

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Plant fats

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What is the layer of gas that surrounds the earth and protets us from UV rays?

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Ozone layer

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What is is called when hydrogen is added to spots on an unsaturated fat and breaks the double bond between the carbons?

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Partial hydrogenation

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What is the term for several layers of flat cells that overlap and give hari it’s flexibility?

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Cuticles

85
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What is the term for long chains of amino acids?

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Protein

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What are the regions or proteins on the cell membrane where a drugs size shape and chemical composition will cause it to bond and initiate a biological response?

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Active site

87
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What is the term for life supporting material in our diet?

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Mineral

88
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What is the type of fat when carbons have only single bonds between them?

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Saturated fat

89
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What are elements or minerals that are needed in small amounts?

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Trace elements

Chemistry In the Comminity (14 decks)

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