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Quiz 1 - Biochem (Basics) Flashcards

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What is Biochemistry?

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A field that bridges bio and chem, studying the chemistry of the molecules that make life possible

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What are the chemical foundations of life?

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Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur

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What do the six important elements provide?

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Provides the underlying structure of the biological molecules (carbohy, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids)

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Explain the classifications for InTRAmolecular bonds

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-Covalent Bonds (sharing); polar (unequal), non-polar (equal)
-Ionic Bonds (transfer)

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What are organic molecules?

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Organic molecules are CARBON BASED, (involve carbon atoms bonded to each other and to Hydrogen (also maybe N,O,P,S)

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What are chemical bonds?

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The attraction between atoms

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What are the types of chemical bonds

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-InTRAmolecular bonds (within mol)
-InTERmolecular bonds (between mol)

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What is the difference between Covalent and Ionic Bonds?

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Covalent bonds involves the sharing of electrons to achieve stable valence shells, and this is between non-metals. Whereas Ionic bonds involves the transfer of electrons between atoms to achieve stable valence shells. metal-nonmetal.

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Define Electronegativity

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A measure of how strongly an atom attracts electrons.

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What are the electronegativity rules?

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If the electronegativity difference is:
0 - 0.5 = non-polar cov
0.5 - 1.7 = poalr cov
> 1.7 = ionic

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What factors determine polarity?

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  • Geometry; sym vs asym
  • Bond Polarity (elecneg diff)
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Explain a water molecule in terms of polarity

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in a water molecule, the oxygen atom is much more electronegative than the hydrogen atom, thus the electron pair is pulled more towards oxygen, making the O partially negative, leaving the H partially positive.

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Why is Polarity important in bio?

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-It affects physical properties of a substance - eg. solubility “LIKE DISSOLVES LIKE”
- Determines strength and type of intermolecular attraction between molecules

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How do you determine polarity?

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It depends on bond polarity and molecular shape
-Sym arrangement of polar bonds will result in a nonpolar mol (dipoles will cancel)
-asym arrangement of polar bonds will result in polar mol

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explain the number of bonds an atom forms

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  • Relates to the number of electrons needed to fill the valence shell
    Single = 1 shared pair of val elec
    Double = 2 shared
    Triple = 3 shared
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Do ionic bonds have structural diagrams? Why or why not?

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Ionic compounds do not share electrons, there is no covalent bonds- so NO structural diagrams

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How is Lewis-d-d diff from bohr?

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It only shows the valence electrons

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What are the type of INTERmolecular bonds?

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-London Forces (van der)
-Dipole-dipole
-Hydrogen Bonds

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Give 4 points to explain INTERmolecular bonds

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-Bonds BETWEEN molecules
-Responsible for many biological properties
-Weaker than intramolecular bonds within molecules
-Sometimes referred to as “van-der-waals interactions” (distance-dependent

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Explain London forces

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  • Weakest intermolecular force
    -Due to temporary equal distribution of electrons as they randomly move about nuclei forming temporary dipoles
    -only forces that hold non-polar molecules together
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Explain Dipole-dipole interactions

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-Stronger than London Forces (weaker than ionic of covalent bonds)
-partial positive of one molecule attracts partial negative of adjacent molecule
-only has a significant effect if molecules are close together

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Explain hydrogen bonds

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-Strongest force
-due to dipole-dipole forces that form between partially positive hydrogen of one polar molecule and the partially negative atom (usually N, O or F) of an adjacent polar molecule

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What is the chemistry of water?

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-Colourless, odourless, tasteless
-Exists as a solid, liquid, and gas at normal temperatures
-Highly polar

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What is the difference between hydrophilic and hydrophobic

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Hydrophilic means water LOVING, whereas hydrophobic is the opposite (non polar mol)

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What are some bio significances of water

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-Help control body temp
-Keeps eyeballs moist
-Lubricates joints
-required for photosynthesis

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What are the unique properties of water?

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-Water is a versatile solvent
-Water clings
-Water absorbs heat
-Ice floats

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Explain how water is a versatile solvent

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-More substances dissolve in water than in any other liquid
-“Like dissolves like”
-Water can dissolve ionic compounds; hydration shells

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Explain how water clings

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theres 2 types
COHESION - water mol cling to other water mol; result in surface tension

ADHESION: Water mols h-bond with other polar mols; result ; capillary action.
Overall; water clings through h-bonding

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Explain how water absorbs heat

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Water can absorb a lot of heat without a significant temperature increase because the heat first goes into breaking hydrogen bonds. Only after these bonds are disrupted can the kinetic energy of the water molecules increase, leading to a rise in temperature.

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What is a specific heat capacity?

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Amount of heat required to raise or lower the water temperature by 1 degree. Water has a HIGH SHC

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What is the bio sig of water having a high heat capacity?

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-water temp is very stable even when air temp is not

-since organisms are made of mostly water, then they too resist temp change because of its high specific heat capacity

26
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SHC results in evaporative cooling; what is this?

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-as liquid evaporates, surface that remains behind cools down

bio sig:
global climate is moderated
keeps leaves cool as water evaporates from leaves
cools organisms that pant
cools organisms that sweat

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Explain the differences in water and methane

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Water is polar, methane is non-polar. This means water absorbs more heat before changing state (h-bonds)
Water has a higher heat of vaporization (energy absorbed as it changes from a liquid to vapour)

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Explain how ice floats

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solid water is less dense than liquid water (one of few substances that are less dense as a solid than a liquid) so ice floats.

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How does water become ice; explain density.

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at 0 degrees, kinetic energy decreases and molecules become locked in a “crystalline lattice structure” with each water molecule bonding to 4 partners. This bonding structure keeps the molecules at “arm’s length” - far enough apart to make ice ~10% less dense than liquid water

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What would happen if ice was more dense than water?

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ice would freeze at the bottom of oceans, making ecosystems die.

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What so special about carbon?

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-Great ability to form complex mol (proteins, DNA, carbohy)
-Carbon has 4 valence electrons, maiing it vv compatible

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what are the major atomic components of organic mols

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Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen

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What is the history of organic chem?

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Prevailing early belief; VITALISM - a “life-force” outside the realm of physics or chemistry was responsible for the processes of life; believed that only living organisms could produce organic compounds because chemists could not artificially synthesize organic compounds

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what is Urea

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a nitrogen-containing compound found in urine
-produced when there is an excess of amino acids in body, synthesized in liver->kidney

34
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Who was the german chemist?

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Wohler. he “accidentally” made urea (an organic compund) from inorganic salts

35
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Who was stanley miller?

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a man who perfromed a classic experiment in which he found that organic molecules could arise spontaneously under conditions thought to have existed on early Earth.

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what were the scientists’ results?

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Organic molecules can be made from abiotic (non-living, inorganic) sources

37
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What is mechanism?

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the view that physical and chemical laws govern all natural phenomena

38
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What are the four types of carbon skeletons?

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  1. Length
  2. Branching
  3. Double bond position
  4. Presence of rings
39
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What are hydrocarbons?

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-Combos of C & H
-Non polar (not soluble in h2o; hydrophobic)
-Stable
-Very little attraction between molecules
Ex: Methane

40
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Explain hydroxyl

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  • OH
    -organic comp w/ OH = alcohols
    -Polar due to elecneg O
    -names typically end in -ol
41
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What are the six functional groups?

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-Hydroxyl
-Carbonyl
-Carboxyl
-Amino
-Sulfhydryl
-Phosphate

42
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Explain Carbonyl

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C=O
- If C=O at end mol = aldehyde
- If middle = ketone

43
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Explain Sulfhydryl

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  • SH
    -THIOLS
    -stabilize the structure of proteins
43
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Explain Carboxyl

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  • COOH
  • C=O & single bond to OH
    -Polar
    -ACIDS
43
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Explain Amino

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  • NH2
    -Nitrogen w/ 2 H
    -AMINES; polar
44
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Explain phosphate

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-PO4
-highly polar
-ATP
-ORGANIC PHOSPHATES

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