Weekly Test All About Elements Flashcards

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1
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A carbohydrate is made of carbon hydrogen and _________

A

Oxygen

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2
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Name four foods that have starch

A

1 rice
2 bread
3 pasta
4 potatoes

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3
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How do cells use carbohydrates?

A

Cells use carbohydrates for energy. They break down the food that contains carbohydrates and uses the energy to help the cell

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4
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3 examples of lipids

A

Fats
Waxes
Oils

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5
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How are lipids like carbohydrates?

A

They are alike because they both are high in energy. The. Ell stores that energy

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6
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_______ forms parts of the cell membrane and many of the cells organelles

A

Proteins

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7
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What small molecules make up proteins

A

Amino acids

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8
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What do enzymes do?

A

They speed up chemical reactions in living things

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9
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What are very long molecules that contain instructions that the cells need to function?

A

Nucleic acids

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10
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Is the following sentence true or false?

Cells use instructions in Nucleic acids to carry out All life finctions

A

True

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11
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Name the two types of Nucleic acids

A

DNA and RNA

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