Gen Bio Flashcards

1
Q

How many different amino acids are there in the protein fround in the human body?

A

twenty

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2
Q

The sugar in RNA is _____, the sugar in DNA is _____.

A

ribose, deoxyribose

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3
Q

Potatoes have a large amount of _____.

A

Starch

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4
Q

Maltose, a disaccharide is composed of two simple sugar bonded together by what kind of bond?

A

Glycosidic bond

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5
Q

Proteins are made up of chains of what?

A

Amino Acids

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6
Q

Glucose molecule linked to a glucose molecule will produce a disaccharide _____.

A

Maltose

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7
Q

During photosynthesis, plants capture sunlight energy to make glucose. Then they are able to store that glucose energy as what macromolecule?

A

Starch

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8
Q

The monomers used to synthesize proteins are called _____.

A

amino acids

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9
Q

The storage form of carbohydrates in animals is _____ and in plants it is _____.

A

glycogen; starch

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10
Q

These polysaccharides are the major substance in the exoskeleton of arthropods and mollusks.

A

Chitin

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11
Q

Which of the ff is not a macromolecule?
a. nucleotide
b. DNA
c. lipid
d. starch

A

nucleotide

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12
Q

A disaccharide is formed when two monosaccharides are joind together by _____.

A

a dehydration reaction

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13
Q

Neutral fats, oils, and waxes are ______.

A

Lipids

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14
Q

Gives rigidity to cell membrane

A

cholesterol

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15
Q

_____ is when secondary structure of a protein is folded and twisted into a rounded, three dimensional shape.

A

tertiary structure

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16
Q

The two important isomers of glucose are _____ and ______.

A

fructose and galactose

17
Q

Carbohydrates includes substances such as fats and oils. T or F.

A

False

18
Q

The relationship between an enzyme and a reactant molecule can best be described as _____.

A

a temporary association

19
Q

Enzymes are composed of what organic molecule?

A

proteins

20
Q

The active site of an enzyme differs from an antibody-antigen binding site in that the enzyme active site is _____.

A

catalyzes a chemical reaction

21
Q

Which enzyme would be used to break down the lactose in milk?

A

lactase

22
Q

long molecules consisting of many similar building blocks

A

polymers

23
Q

small building-block molecules

A

monomers

24
Q

Occurs when two monomers bond together through the loss of a water molecule

A

Condensation Reaction/Dehydration Synthesis

25
Q

Uses water to breakdown polymers into monomers and is the opposite of dehydration synthesis

A

Hydrolysis

26
Q

a nucleoside contains

A

nitrogenous base and pentose sugar

27
Q

contains an aldehyde group consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (turns pink)

A

Aldoses

28
Q

Contains a ketone group consisting of carbon and oxygen (turns red)

A

Ketoses

29
Q

Lard is a…

A

saturated triglyceride

30
Q

The region on the enzyme where the substrate bonds

A

Active site

31
Q

The reactant that an enzyme acts on

A

Enzyme’s substrate

32
Q

The cell’s energy shuttle

A

ATP

33
Q

3 parts of an ATP molecule

A

adenine, ribose, 3 phosphate groups