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Chemistry

Basis for how the body transforms and uses energy and for how cells use crucial molecules

Matter

Is anything that occupies space and has mass

Weight

Measure of gravity pulling on mass

Chemistry

Chemistry studies the nature of matter - how its building blocks are put together and how they interact

Solid


Liquid


Gas

State of Matter

Chemical


Physical

Changes that occurs in matter

Physical Change

Change that does not alter the basic nature of a substance

Chemical Change

Alter the composition of the substance

Energy

Ability to do work or put matter into motion

Kinetic Energy

Display in constant movement of the tiniest particles of matter

Potential Energy

Energy at rest or inactuve energy

Chemical Energy

Energy stored in bonds of chemical substances

Electrical Energy

Energy results from the movement of charged particles

Mechanical energy

Energy directly involved in moving matter

Radiant energy

Energy that travels in waves that like the energy of electromagnetic spectrum

ATP Adenosine Triphosphate

Chemical energy in the food is converted into high energy chemical called?

Periodic Table

Complete listing of elements appears in?

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Carbon

Elements that make up about 96% of the human body

Incable of being divided

Greek word of atom means

Sub atomic particles


Protons


Neutrons


Electrons

Small particles that made up an atom

Protons

Positive charge

Neutrons

No charge

Electrons

Negative charge

Ions

Atoms that have gained or lost electron

Planetary Model

Model that portrays atom as miniature solar system where nutrons and protons are clustered at the center in the atomic nucleus

Orbital Model

Depicts general location of electrons outside the nucleus as a haze of negative charge referred to as electron cloud

Hydrogen

Simplest atom

Atomic Mass Number

Sum of the masses of all the protons and neutrons contained in its nucleua

Isotopes

Have the same number of protons and electrons but vary in the number of neutrons they contain

Radioisotopes

Heavier isotopes of certain atoms are unstable and then to release energy in order to become more stable

Radioactivity

Process of spontaneous atomic decay

Molecules

When two or more atoms combined chemically

Chemical Reaction

Occur whenever atoms combined with or dissociate from other atoms

Chemical Bonds

When atoms unitr chemically (_) are formed

Chemical Bond

Energy relationship that involves interactions between the electrons of the reacting atoms

Electron shells or energy level

Space that electrons occupy around the nucleus

Valence shell

Atom's outermost shell

Valence Electron

Determine the chemical behavior of an

Ionic Bonds

Form when electrons are completely transfered from one atom to another

Ions

Charged particles

Anions

Negatively charged ions

Cations

Positively charged ions

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

Covalent Molecules

Molecules in which atoms share valence electrons

Nonpolar covalent molecules

Electrons are shared equally

Polar molecule

Molecule with two charged poles

Synthesis reaction

Occurs when two or more atoms or molecules combined to form a larger more complex molecule

Decomposition Reaction

Occur when a molecule is broken down into smaller molecules

Exchange reactions

Involve simultaneous synthesis and decomposition reaction

Inorganic Compound

Lack carbon and tend to be small, simple molecules

Organic Compounds

Contain carbon

Water

Most abundant inorganic compound in the body

1. High heat capacity


2. Polarity/solvent properties


3. Chemical reactivity


4. Cushioning

Properties of Water

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

Solvent

Liquid or gas in which smaller amount of substances can be dissolved or suspended

Solutes

Substances that dissolved or suspended; can be solid, liquid or gas

Solution

When the solute particles are exceedingly tiny

Suspension

When solute partixles are fairly large

Colloids

Translucent mixtures eith solute particles of intermediate size

Chemical reactivity

Properties of water that states that water is important in some chemical reaction

Hydrolysis reaction

Recognize the role of water in chem reaction

Cushioning

Properties of water that states that water serves as protective function

Salts

Ionic Compound containing cations other than the hydrogen ion and anions other than hydroxide ions

Dissociation

Separation of salts into their ions

Electrolytes

Substances that conduct an electrical current in solution

Acid

Have sour taste and can dissolve many metal


Can release hydrogen ions

Proton donors (H^+)

Acid is also defined as

Strong acid

Acid that ionize completely and liberate all protons

Weak acid

Ionize incompletely

Bases

Have bitter taste, feel slippery, and proton acceptors



Release Hydroxide ion (OH^-)

Neutralization

Reaction in which an acid and base interact

Sorensen

Danish Biochemistrist that devised pH scale in 1909

pH

Relative concentration of hydrogen ions in various body fluids is measured in concentration called?

Buffers

Chemicals that helps regilate acid-base balance

Functional groups

Small reactive parts of organic compounds

Polymers

Chain like molecules made of many similar repeating units joined together by dehydration synthesis

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

Hydrolysis

When polymers must be broken down or digested to their monomers

Carbohydrates

Includes sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

C6H12O6

Glucose formula

C5H10O5

Ribose formula

Monosaccharides

Aka simple sugars


Single chain/ring structures the carbon backbone forms either a line of a cicle containing 3-7 carbon atoms

1. Glucose


2. Fructoae


3. Galactose


4. Ribose


5. Deoxyribose

Most important monosaccharides in the body

Glucose

Aka blood sugars


Universal cellular fuels

Fructose and galactose

Are converted to glucose for use of body cells

Ribose and deoxyribose

Form part of the structure of nucleic acid

Disaccharides

Aka double sugars


Formed ehen two simple sugars are joined by dehydration synthesis

Sucrose (glucose+ fructose)


Lactose (glucose+ galactose)


Maltose (glucose+glucose)

Common disaccharides

Polysaccharide

Long branching chains of linked simple sugars

Starch

Polysaccharide formed by plants

Glycogen

Slightly smaller polysaccharide found in animal tissue

Lipids

Aka fats


Are large and diverse groupnof organic Compounds



Also contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but carbon and hydrogen outnumber oxygen atoms

Lipids

Aka fats


Are large and diverse groupnof organic Compounds



Also contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but carbon and hydrogen outnumber oxygen atoms

Lipids

Are insoluble in water but readily dissolve in other lipids and in organic solvents such as alcohol and acetone

Truglycerides


Phospholipids


Steroids

Most abundant lipids in the body

Triglycerides

Neutral fats


Composed of two types of building blocks, fatty acids and glycerol

Saturated fats

Fatty acids chains with only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms are reffered to as what?

Unsaturated fats

Fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds between carbon atoms

Phospolipids

Phosphorus containing group id always part of the molecule and takes place of one of the fatty acid chains

Hydrophobic (water fearing)


Hydrophilic (water loving)

Phospholipids polarity

Steroids

Flat molecules formed of four interlocking carbon rings

Cholesterol

Most important steroid molecules

Proteins

Accountfor over 50 percent of organic matter in the body


Construction materials

Amino acids

Building blocks of proteins are called?

Polypeptides

When amino acids joined together they are called?

Primary structure

Sequence of amino acid composing wach amino acid chain



Resembles a strand of amino acid "beads"



Backbone of protein molecules

Alpha helix (secondary structure)

Resembles metal spring


Formed by coiling of primary chain and is stabilized by hyrdogen bonds

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

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

Quaternary structure

When two or more amino acid chains combined in a regular manner to form a complex protein

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

Globular proteins

Aka functional proteins


Compact, spherical molecules that have tertiary structure



Playd crucial roles in biological process and do things

Enzymes

Functional proteins that act as biological catalyst

Catalyst

Substance that increase the rate of chemical reactions without becoming partof the product or being changed itself

Active sites

Regions of enzymes that allows them to fit and interact chemically eith other molecules of complementary shapes and charge called substrates

Nucleic acid

Make up your genes which provides badic blueprint of life

Nucleotides

Building blocks of nucleic acid

1. Nitrogen containing base


2. Pentose sugar


3. Phosphate group

Nucleotides contains?

Adenine


Guanine


Cytosine


Thymine


Uracil

Base of nucleotides

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)


RNA (ribonucleic acid)

Two major kinds of nucleic acid

DNA

Genetic material found within the cell nucleus

1. Replicates itseld


2. Provides instruction for building wvery protein in the body

Rolss of DNA

RNA

Functions outside the nucleus and can be considered the "molecular assistant" of DNA

Adenine


Guanine


Thymine


Cytosine

DNA base

A=T


G=C

Complimentary bases

Adenine


Guanin


Cytosine


Uracil

RNA bases

Messenger


Transfer


Ribosomal

3 major varieties of RNA

mRNA (messenger)

Carries information from the proteins from DNA to the ribosomes, the, protein synthesising sites.

tRNA (transfer)

Ferries amino acids to ribosomes

rRNA (ribosomal)

Forms part of ribosomes. Where it oversees translation of the message and the binding together of amino acids to form proteins

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

Provides form of chemical energy that all body cells can use.



Use to provide cellular energyP

Adenosine di phosphate (ADP)

Cellular energy provided by atp