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Chemistry |
Basis for how the body transforms and uses energy and for how cells use crucial molecules |
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Matter |
Is anything that occupies space and has mass |
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Weight |
Measure of gravity pulling on mass |
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Chemistry |
Chemistry studies the nature of matter - how its building blocks are put together and how they interact |
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Solid Liquid Gas |
State of Matter |
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Chemical Physical |
Changes that occurs in matter |
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Physical Change |
Change that does not alter the basic nature of a substance |
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Chemical Change |
Alter the composition of the substance |
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Energy |
Ability to do work or put matter into motion |
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Kinetic Energy |
Display in constant movement of the tiniest particles of matter |
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Potential Energy |
Energy at rest or inactuve energy |
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Chemical Energy |
Energy stored in bonds of chemical substances |
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Electrical Energy |
Energy results from the movement of charged particles |
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Mechanical energy |
Energy directly involved in moving matter |
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Radiant energy |
Energy that travels in waves that like the energy of electromagnetic spectrum |
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ATP Adenosine Triphosphate |
Chemical energy in the food is converted into high energy chemical called? |
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Periodic Table |
Complete listing of elements appears in? |
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Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Carbon |
Elements that make up about 96% of the human body |
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Incable of being divided |
Greek word of atom means |
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Sub atomic particles Protons Neutrons Electrons |
Small particles that made up an atom |
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Protons |
Positive charge |
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Neutrons |
No charge |
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Electrons |
Negative charge |
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Ions |
Atoms that have gained or lost electron |
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Planetary Model |
Model that portrays atom as miniature solar system where nutrons and protons are clustered at the center in the atomic nucleus |
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Orbital Model |
Depicts general location of electrons outside the nucleus as a haze of negative charge referred to as electron cloud |
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Hydrogen |
Simplest atom |
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Atomic Mass Number |
Sum of the masses of all the protons and neutrons contained in its nucleua |
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Isotopes |
Have the same number of protons and electrons but vary in the number of neutrons they contain |
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Radioisotopes |
Heavier isotopes of certain atoms are unstable and then to release energy in order to become more stable |
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Radioactivity |
Process of spontaneous atomic decay |
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Molecules |
When two or more atoms combined chemically |
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Chemical Reaction |
Occur whenever atoms combined with or dissociate from other atoms |
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Chemical Bonds |
When atoms unitr chemically (_) are formed |
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Chemical Bond |
Energy relationship that involves interactions between the electrons of the reacting atoms |
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Electron shells or energy level |
Space that electrons occupy around the nucleus |
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Valence shell |
Atom's outermost shell |
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Valence Electron |
Determine the chemical behavior of an |
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Ionic Bonds |
Form when electrons are completely transfered from one atom to another |
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Ions |
Charged particles |
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Anions |
Negatively charged ions |
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Cations |
Positively charged ions |
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Covalent Bonds |
Electrons do not have to be completely lost or gain for atoms to become stable. Shared to be able to fill its valence shell |
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Covalent Molecules |
Molecules in which atoms share valence electrons |
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Nonpolar covalent molecules |
Electrons are shared equally |
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Polar molecule |
Molecule with two charged poles |
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Synthesis reaction |
Occurs when two or more atoms or molecules combined to form a larger more complex molecule |
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Decomposition Reaction |
Occur when a molecule is broken down into smaller molecules |
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Exchange reactions |
Involve simultaneous synthesis and decomposition reaction |
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Inorganic Compound |
Lack carbon and tend to be small, simple molecules |
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Organic Compounds |
Contain carbon |
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Water |
Most abundant inorganic compound in the body |
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1. High heat capacity 2. Polarity/solvent properties 3. Chemical reactivity 4. Cushioning |
Properties of Water |
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High heat capacity |
Properties of water which states tjat it absorbs and release large amount of heat before its temperature changes and prevents sudden changes in body tempt |
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Solvent |
Liquid or gas in which smaller amount of substances can be dissolved or suspended |
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Solutes |
Substances that dissolved or suspended; can be solid, liquid or gas |
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Solution |
When the solute particles are exceedingly tiny |
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Suspension |
When solute partixles are fairly large |
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Colloids |
Translucent mixtures eith solute particles of intermediate size |
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Chemical reactivity |
Properties of water that states that water is important in some chemical reaction |
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Hydrolysis reaction |
Recognize the role of water in chem reaction |
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Cushioning |
Properties of water that states that water serves as protective function |
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Salts |
Ionic Compound containing cations other than the hydrogen ion and anions other than hydroxide ions |
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Dissociation |
Separation of salts into their ions |
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Electrolytes |
Substances that conduct an electrical current in solution |
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Acid |
Have sour taste and can dissolve many metal Can release hydrogen ions |
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Proton donors (H^+) |
Acid is also defined as |
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Strong acid |
Acid that ionize completely and liberate all protons |
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Weak acid |
Ionize incompletely |
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Bases |
Have bitter taste, feel slippery, and proton acceptors Release Hydroxide ion (OH^-) |
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Neutralization |
Reaction in which an acid and base interact |
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Sorensen |
Danish Biochemistrist that devised pH scale in 1909 |
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pH |
Relative concentration of hydrogen ions in various body fluids is measured in concentration called? |
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Buffers |
Chemicals that helps regilate acid-base balance |
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Functional groups |
Small reactive parts of organic compounds |
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Polymers |
Chain like molecules made of many similar repeating units joined together by dehydration synthesis |
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Dehydration synthesis |
When a hydrogen atom removed from one monomer and a hydroxyl group (OH) is removed from the monomer it is to be joined with |
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Hydrolysis |
When polymers must be broken down or digested to their monomers |
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Carbohydrates |
Includes sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen |
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C6H12O6 |
Glucose formula |
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C5H10O5 |
Ribose formula |
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Monosaccharides |
Aka simple sugars Single chain/ring structures the carbon backbone forms either a line of a cicle containing 3-7 carbon atoms |
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1. Glucose 2. Fructoae 3. Galactose 4. Ribose 5. Deoxyribose |
Most important monosaccharides in the body |
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Glucose |
Aka blood sugars Universal cellular fuels |
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Fructose and galactose |
Are converted to glucose for use of body cells |
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Ribose and deoxyribose |
Form part of the structure of nucleic acid |
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Disaccharides |
Aka double sugars Formed ehen two simple sugars are joined by dehydration synthesis |
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Sucrose (glucose+ fructose) Lactose (glucose+ galactose) Maltose (glucose+glucose) |
Common disaccharides |
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Polysaccharide |
Long branching chains of linked simple sugars |
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Starch |
Polysaccharide formed by plants |
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Glycogen |
Slightly smaller polysaccharide found in animal tissue |
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Lipids |
Aka fats Are large and diverse groupnof organic Compounds Also contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but carbon and hydrogen outnumber oxygen atoms |
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Lipids |
Aka fats Are large and diverse groupnof organic Compounds Also contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but carbon and hydrogen outnumber oxygen atoms |
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Lipids |
Are insoluble in water but readily dissolve in other lipids and in organic solvents such as alcohol and acetone |
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Truglycerides Phospholipids Steroids |
Most abundant lipids in the body |
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Triglycerides |
Neutral fats Composed of two types of building blocks, fatty acids and glycerol |
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Saturated fats |
Fatty acids chains with only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms are reffered to as what? |
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Unsaturated fats |
Fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds between carbon atoms |
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Phospolipids |
Phosphorus containing group id always part of the molecule and takes place of one of the fatty acid chains |
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Hydrophobic (water fearing) Hydrophilic (water loving) |
Phospholipids polarity |
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Steroids |
Flat molecules formed of four interlocking carbon rings |
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Cholesterol |
Most important steroid molecules |
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Proteins |
Accountfor over 50 percent of organic matter in the body Construction materials |
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Amino acids |
Building blocks of proteins are called? |
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Polypeptides |
When amino acids joined together they are called? |
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Primary structure |
Sequence of amino acid composing wach amino acid chain Resembles a strand of amino acid "beads" Backbone of protein molecules |
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Alpha helix (secondary structure) |
Resembles metal spring Formed by coiling of primary chain and is stabilized by hyrdogen bonds |
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Beta pleated sheet |
Primary polypeptide chains do not coil but are linked side by side by hydrogen bonds to form a pleated ribbon like structire |
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Tertiary structure |
Achieved when a-helical or B-pleated regions of amino acid chain fold upon one another to produce a compact ball like or globular, protein |
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Quaternary structure |
When two or more amino acid chains combined in a regular manner to form a complex protein |
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Fibrous proteins |
Aka structural proteins Appear most often in body structures and are very important in binding structures together and providing strenght in certain body tissue |
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Globular proteins |
Aka functional proteins Compact, spherical molecules that have tertiary structure Playd crucial roles in biological process and do things |
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Enzymes |
Functional proteins that act as biological catalyst |
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Catalyst |
Substance that increase the rate of chemical reactions without becoming partof the product or being changed itself |
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Active sites |
Regions of enzymes that allows them to fit and interact chemically eith other molecules of complementary shapes and charge called substrates |
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Nucleic acid |
Make up your genes which provides badic blueprint of life |
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Nucleotides |
Building blocks of nucleic acid |
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1. Nitrogen containing base 2. Pentose sugar 3. Phosphate group |
Nucleotides contains? |
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Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Uracil |
Base of nucleotides |
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) RNA (ribonucleic acid) |
Two major kinds of nucleic acid |
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DNA |
Genetic material found within the cell nucleus |
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1. Replicates itseld 2. Provides instruction for building wvery protein in the body |
Rolss of DNA |
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RNA |
Functions outside the nucleus and can be considered the "molecular assistant" of DNA |
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Adenine Guanine Thymine Cytosine |
DNA base |
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A=T G=C |
Complimentary bases |
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Adenine Guanin Cytosine Uracil |
RNA bases |
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Messenger Transfer Ribosomal |
3 major varieties of RNA |
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mRNA (messenger) |
Carries information from the proteins from DNA to the ribosomes, the, protein synthesising sites. |
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tRNA (transfer) |
Ferries amino acids to ribosomes |
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rRNA (ribosomal) |
Forms part of ribosomes. Where it oversees translation of the message and the binding together of amino acids to form proteins |
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ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) |
Provides form of chemical energy that all body cells can use. Use to provide cellular energyP |
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Adenosine di phosphate (ADP) |
Cellular energy provided by atp |