Miscellaneous Midterm Studying Flashcards
Monomer of carbohydrates ?
Monosaccharides
Monomer of lipids ?
Fatty acids and glycerol
Monomer of proteins ?
Amino acids
Monomer of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides
There is a fat with kinked tails. It is a ……
Unsaturated fat
7 PROPERTIES OF WATER
Cohesion/adhesion
High specific heat
Surface tension
High heat of vaporization
Universal solvent
Temperature moderation
Ice floats
Cohesion/adhesion is important because …
It causes capillary action in plants
4 elements that make up 96% of living things?
C,H,O,N
What’s a cation? anion?
Cation - positively charged ion
Anion - negatively charged ion
Directions in DNA stands are ?
Antiparallel ! 5’ to 3’ goes to 3’ to 5’
Where can’t DNA go?
Out of the nucleus
RNA is for….
Making proteins
Primary protein structure is?
Sequence of amino acids
Secondary protein structure is?
Different amino acids making alpha helixes and beta pleated sheets
Tertiary structure is?
Polypeptide chain all bundled up something something