Metabolism

Question 1

What is metabolism

Answer 1

All chemical reactions that take place in the cell

Question 2

Catabolism

Answer 2

Breaks things down = releases energy

Question 3

Anabolism

Answer 3

Build up, requires energy

Question 4

Organic

Answer 4

A large molecule that contain carbon

Question 5

Organic examples

Answer 5

Carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, lipids, dna and rna

Question 6

Inorganic examples

Answer 6

Oxygen, water, minerals, salts, carbon dioxide

Question 7

Carbohydrates

Answer 7

2H : 1O

Carbon, oxygen and hydrogen

Question 8

Poly/Mono/Di - Saccharide

Answer 8

Poly - Many
Mono - One
Di - Two

Saccharide - sugar/ carbohydrate unit

Question 9

Proteins

Answer 9

Contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
Can contain sulfur and phosphorous
Made of amino acids (aa)
Bonds between aa are called peptide

Question 10

Two amino acids are called?

Answer 10

Dipeptide

Question 11

What is ten or more (aa) joined together

Answer 11

Polypetide

Question 12

Lipids

Answer 12

Contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

Contain less oxygen than carbohydrates

Question 13

Examples of lipids

Answer 13

Fats, phospholipids and steroids (cholesterol, testosterone and oestrogen )

Question 14

Lipids

Answer 14

Consists of one molecule of glycerol and 1/2/3 fatty acid molecules
Fat stored in the body is triglyceride, glycerol and three fatty acids

Question 15

Nucleic acids

Answer 15

Large molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and nitrogen
Made of nucleotides; nucleotides contain one nitrogen base, sugar and a phosphate

Question 16

What are the two main kinds of nucleic acids

Answer 16

DNA and RNA