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Name one type of lipid compounds |
phospholipids, neutral fats, steroids |
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What do lipids contain? |
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen |
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What do lipids come from? |
Egg yolk, meat, dairy products, and oils. |
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Triglycerides are composed of _______ and _________ |
Fatty acids, glycerol
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Name the four main properties of wate |
High Heat Capacity, Polarity/Solvent Properties, Chemical Reactivity, Cushioning |
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Name an example of water acting as a cushion |
Cerebrospinal/Amniotic fluid |
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Because water can absorb and release large amounts of _______, it helps regulate and prevent changes in body __________. |
Heat/Temperature |
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Water is a(n) _______ compound |
inorganic |
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An example of a bodily reaction that needs water would be ________. |
(Digestion) |
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What does ATP mean? |
Adenosine Triphosphate |
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Why is ATP important to the body? |
It’s a type of energy that gets recycled |
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What does ATP consists of? |
Adenine base, ribose sugar, and three phosphate groups. |
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What can rupture ATP bonds? |
Hydrolysis |
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What does ATP transport? |
Chemical Energy |
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How are the backbones of DNA formed? |
alternating sugar and phosphorous groups |
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Nucleotides are made of three parts: ________, _________, __________ |
a base, a sugar and a phosphorous group |
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How do RNA and DNA compare/contrast in their bases? |
rna is single stranded and dna is double stranded |
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What does A, T, G and C stand for? |
adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine |
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What shape is DNA? |
double stranded ladder |
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Name one of the three functional groups we explained and their roles in the body |
antibodies- recognize viruses hormones- regulate growth and development transport proteins- transports oxygen into blood |
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Name two differences between the fibrous and globular proteins |
fibular proteins are strand-like and helix shaped, globular proteins are sphere shaped Fibular proteins are used for providing strength in body tissue, globular proteins serve to regulate growth |
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What role does the fibrous protein play in the body? |
Fibular proteins are used for providing strength in body tissue, |
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What role does the globular protein play in the body? |
globular proteins serve to regulate growth |
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What are the fibrous protein and globular protein also known as? Hint: think of the role each one plays |
Fib- structural proteins...Glob- functional proteins |
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What enzyme attaches to lactose? |
Lactase |
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Enzymes are made of______ |
amino acids |
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Enzymes are used to: |
Speed up reactions & determine when reaction can happen |
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Why are enzymes produced? |
To regulate chemical reactions. |
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Where do enzymes attach to their substrates? |
Their active sites. |
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What are the PH level of acids? |
Anything below the ph of 7 ( neutral) is acidic and anything above the ph of 7 is alkaline. |
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what is an acid?: |
a substance that can release hydrogen in detectable amounts |
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what is a base? |
a substance that accepts hydrogen ions |
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what is salt? |
any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base |
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what does your body loose when you work out?: |
Electrolytes |
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what can you do to refuel your electrolytes? |
You can drink Gatorade or anything that replenishes the minerals you lost. |