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1
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Hydrogen Bond

A

Weak bond between a positive and negative of two molecules

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Cohesion

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Hydrogen bond between two of the same molecules

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3
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Adhesion

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Hydrogen bond between two different molecules

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4
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Property of water being adhesive

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High solvency while liquid

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Property of water being cohesive

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Makes ice less dense than water, so ice floats

Absorbs lots of thermal energy, so less change in temperature

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6
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Properties of water being cohesive and adhesive

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Capillary action

High surface tension

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Surface tension

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Measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid

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8
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Specific heat

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Amount of heat, absorbed or loss to change the heat of a substance

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Polarity

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Unequal sharing of electrons in atoms

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10
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Law of conservation of energy

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Energy can’t be created or destroyed only transformed

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Nucleic acid monomer

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Nucleotides

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12
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What makes up a nucleotide?

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Five carbon sugar, phosphate, group, and nitrogen base

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13
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Protein monomer

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Amino acids

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14
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What makes up an amino acid?

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An amino terminal (NH2) and the carboxyl terminal (COOH)

An R group attached to the center carbon, that can be a hydrophobic hydrophilic or ionic

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15
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Carbohydrate monomer

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Monosaccharide

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16
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Lipid monomer

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Fatty acids and glycerol

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17
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Monomer

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Building block

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18
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Use of carbohydrate

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Provide energy to cells in the body

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19
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Use of lipids

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Form structure of the cell are messengers and signaling molecules and storage for molecules

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20
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Nucleic acid use

A

Information

21
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Use of protein

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Transport things through cell membrane

22
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What elements are in proteins?

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Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sometimes sulfur

23
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What elements are in carbs?

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

24
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What elements are in lipids?

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

25
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What elements are in nucleic acids?

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Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen phosphorus

26
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Nonpolar side chain in protein

A

Has hydrogen and carbon

27
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Polar side chain in protein

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Contain a carboxyl (negative) or amine (positive) group

28
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Nonpolar

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Hydrophobic/fear water

29
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Polar

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Hydrophilic/likes water

30
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What is a steroid?

A

Carbon rings fused together (lipid)

31
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Nucleic acid purine

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Two carbon rings, A and G

32
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Nucleic acid pyramidnes

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One carbon ring CT and U

33
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Polymer

A

Macromolecules made of many monomers

34
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Dehydration synthesis

A

Sub components of water are removed forming covalent bonds, then the H and OH form water

35
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Hydrolysis

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Polymers of broken down into monomers after a water molecule is split into H andOH and added to each monomer

36
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Adenosine triphosphate

A

Contains an adenosine base, ribose sugar, and three phosphate groups

Main source of energy

Goes to adenosine diphosphate after hydrolysis

37
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Uses of adenosine tri phosphate

A

pump H and CA across membranes and separate DNA helicase
Main source of energy

38
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Nucleic acids directionality

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Has a three‘ hydroxyl and a five’ phosphate end

39
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A and T

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Two hydrogen bonds

40
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G and C

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3H bonds

41
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How are nucleotides added to a nucleic acid

A

At the three prime end

42
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Primary proteins structure

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Sequence of amino acids held together by peptide bonds

43
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Secondary protein structure

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Folding of amino acid chain into elements (a helix or pleated sheet)

44
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Tertiary proteins structure

A

3-D shape of proteins
Hydrophobic folds insides hydrophillic

45
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Quaternary protein structure

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Interactions between multiple polypeptide units

46
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Carbohydrate structure

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Linear or branched, small change in subunit determines function

47
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DNA

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48
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RNA

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