National 5 Unit Test Flashcards
What is photosynthesis
Is the process by which plants make food (glucose)
What is glucose
Glucose is a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
What is respiration
Respiration is used by all living things to release energy stored in food
What is glucose and starch an example of
They are examples of carbohydrates
What’s a carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a compound containing carbon hydrogen and oxygen
What’s hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is the process of starch getting broken down into glucose
That’s ethanol
Ethanol is made from glucose, glucose reacts with yeast to produce ethanol
What happens to enzymes in yeast
They break down the glucose into ethanol
Name an enzyme
Yeast
How do u increase alcohol concentration
Distillation is used to increase the alcohol concentration
What is 1 unit of alcohol
10ml of ethanol
What’s crude oil
Oil straight from the ground
What is crude oil a mixture of
Is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons
What dose a hydrocarbon contain
Hydrogen and carbon
What’s a homologous series
The homologous series is a sequence of compounds with the same functional group and similar chemical properties in which the members of the series can be branched or unbranched, or differ by molecular formula of CH₂
