Week 1 Flashcards

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1
Q

Charged

A

Fully charged positive or negative

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2
Q

Covalent bond

A

Holds molecules together

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3
Q

Dipole

A

Has a partially positive and partially negative end

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4
Q

Eukaryote

A

Organism has cells with a defined nucleus

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5
Q

homeostasis

A

maintenance off a relatively constant internal environment

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6
Q

Hydrophilic

A

Water liking/soluble in water

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7
Q

Hydrophobic

A

water hating/insoluble in water

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8
Q

Polar

A

Partly or fully charged with a dipole

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9
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Prokaryote

A

Single celled organism without a nucleus

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10
Q

Base Pairing

A

Complementary hydrogen bonding potentials means C/G A/T A/U form pairs

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11
Q

Capillary action

A

Ability of liquid to flow in narrow spaces, even againt gravity

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12
Q

Hydrogen bond

A

Attraction between partially electronegative and electropositive atom in the form O-H, N-H

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13
Q

Nucleotide

A

Base + sugar + phosphate

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14
Q

Nucleobase

A

A T U C G

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15
Q

Purine

A

Double ring, flat aromatic base ( A G )

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16
Q

Pyrimidine

A

Single Ring flat aromatic base ( C T U)

17
Q

Aromatic rings

A

Alternating single and double bond, flat and have absorbance in the UV

18
Q

Biopolymer

A

Polymeric substance occurring in a living organism

19
Q

N-Glycosidic bond

A

Covalent bond between sugar and base in RNA/DNA

20
Q

Peptide bond

A

Covalent bond between amino acids in peptides and proteins which is planar and rigid

21
Q

Phosphodiester bond

A

Covalent bond between nucleotides in RNA/DNA

22
Q

Residue

A

Generic name for a subunit in a polymer