The Chemistry of Living Systems

Question 1

Organic Chemistry

Answer 1

The chemistry of carbon and carbon compounds

Question 2

Carbohydrates

Answer 2

Energy-rich sugars and starches

Question 3

Proteins

Answer 3

Large molecules found in animal and plant tissue

Question 4

Fats

Answer 4

Energy-rich hydrocarbon chain molecules

Question 5

Nuclei Acids

Answer 5

Biological molecules such as DNA that have the ability to store genetic code

Question 6

Photosynthesis

Answer 6

A chemical reaction that takes energy from sunlight and stores it as chemical bonds in molecules of glucose and other simple sugars

Question 7

Cellular Respiration

Answer 7

The reactions in cells that release energy from glucose

Question 8

Saturated Fat

Answer 8

A fat molecule in which each carbon is bonded with two hydrogen atoms

Question 9

Unsaturated Fat

Answer 9

A fat molecule that has less hydrogen atoms that a saturated fat

Question 10

Amino Acids

Answer 10

Organic molecules that are the building blocks of proteins

Question 11

Catalyst

Answer 11

A chemical that allows a reaction to have a much lower activation energy than it normally would have

Question 12

Enzymes

Answer 12

Special proteins are catalysts for chemical reactions in living things

Question 13

Protein Synthesis

Answer 13

Using the information in DNA to assemble Proteins from amino acids

Question 14

Mutation

Answer 14

Change in the sequence of base pairs in DNA that maybe passed on to successive generations