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1
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The Study of Living Things

A

Biochemistry

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2
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Study of the chemical substances found

in living organisms

A

Biochemistry

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3
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chemical interactions of

these substances with each other

A

Biochemistry

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4
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Chemical substance found

within a living organism.

A

Biochemical substance

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5
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Water and inorganic salts

A

Bioinorganic substances

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6
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Carbohydrates, lipids,

proteins, and nucleic acids

A

Bioorganic substances

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7
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Helps us understand the ________

and related _______ in the body

A

biochemical changes and physiological alteration

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8
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Important role in ______ in the laboratory.

A

diagnosing diseases

chemically

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9
Q

Gives us an idea of how _______ by many biochemical reactions.

A

drug molecules are

metabolized

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10
Q

All living things make us of the same types of _________,

and all use ________

A

biomolecules and ENERGY

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11
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all living things can be studied using the

methods of _______ and _______.

A

Chemistry and Physics

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12
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Biomolecules are part of the subject matter of _______.

A

Organic

Chemistry

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13
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Reactions of biomolecules can be described by the methods of
______.

A

Organic Chemistry

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14
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Consist primarily of carbon and hydrogen, along with

nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur

A

biomolecules

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15
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Molecules that naturally occur in living organisms

A

biomolecules

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16
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Cellular apparatus of living organisms is made up of ______

A

carbon

compounds

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17
Q

First in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

A

Atoms

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18
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Second in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

A

Molecules

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19
Q

Third in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

A

Macromolecules

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20
Q

Fourth in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

A

Organelles

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21
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Fifth in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

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Sixth in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

23
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Seventh in Levels of Structural
Organization in the
Human Body

24
Q

Experiments have demonstrated that
important biomolecules, such as proteins
and nucleic acids, could have arisen under
abiotic conditions from reactions of simple compound

A

Miller-Urey Experiment

25
Q

Experiment: simple compounds found in the______ and _______

A

oceans and surface of clay particles

26
Q

Simple compounds found in the Miller-Urey Experiment

A 
NH3
, H2S, 
CO, CO2
, CH4
, N2
, H2
, and H2O
27
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Living cells include very large molecules

A

proteins, nucleic acids,

polysaccharides and lipids

28
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These biological macromolecules are _______

29
Q

monomers of amino acids

30
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monomers of nucleotides

A

nucleic acids

31
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monomers of

monosaccharides

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polysaccharide

32
Q

monomers of glycerol and 3 fatty acids

33
Q

Greek derivation meaning “before the

nucleus”

A

Prokaryotes

34
Q

Unicellular

A

Prokaryotes

35
Q

e bacteria, cyanobacteria

A

Prokaryotes

36
Q

Greek derivation meaning “true

nucleus”

A

Eukaryotes

37
Q

Contained a well-defined nucleus

surrounded by a nuclear membrane

A

Eukaryotes

38
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Multicellular

A

Eukaryotes

39
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cell size of Prokaryotes in μm

40
Q

cell size of Eukaryotes in μm

41
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Metabolism of Prokaryotes

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anaerobic or aerobic

42
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Metabolism of Eukaryotes

43
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DNA of Prokaryotes are:

A

free in cytoplasm as nucleoid

44
Q

DNA of Eukaryotes are:

A

in nucleus, condensed with proteins into chromosomes

45
Q

RNA &Protein synthesized in the same compartment

A

Prokaryotes

46
Q

RNA synthesized in the nucleus; proteins in cytoplasm

A

Eukaryotes

47
Q

usually haploid

A

Prokaryotes

48
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almost always diploid or polyploid

A

Eukaryotes

49
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Simple division following DNA replication

A

Prokaryotes

50
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motosis in somatic cells; meiosis in gamete formation

A

Eukaryotes

51
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Special parts of plant cell

A

Chloroplast and Vacuole

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