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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the four elements that classify an organism as living?
(Also make up 99% of living matter) |
carbon,water, oxygen, and hydrogen
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Biochemistry is the________
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Chemistry of life
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All organic molecules contain...
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Carbon
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Life requires____ chemical elements
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25
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Organic Compounds contain ____
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Carbon
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Two important biochemical processes are_____
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Dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis
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What does dehydration synthesis mean?
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linking of monomers by removing water
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What are carbohydrates?
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organic molecules that store and transport energy
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what are the three types of carbohydrates?
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monosaccharides, disccharides, and polysaccharides
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what is a monosaccharides?
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simple sugars like glucose
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how is a monosaccharide transported?
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in the blood of animals
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What is a disaccharide?
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2 monosaccharides
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How is a disaccharide transported?
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through plants
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what is a lipid?
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organic molecules that provide long term energy storage, insulation and protection
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where is a lipid found?
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fats from animals and plants (animal fat is things like bacon and crisco) (plant is like olive)
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what is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
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saturated have no double bonds between their carbon atoms, and unsaturated have double bonds in their carbon chains
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how do organisms get protein?
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eating animal proteins like fish, chicken
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What happens to proteins when digested?
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digested into peptides
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Where are proteins stored?
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in the blood stream
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what are catalysts
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molecules that accelerate the rate of reactions, they do this by lowering the energy needed
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Do catalysts undergo chemical change?
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NO, therefore they can be recycled
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If i have a chemical reaction of
AB+CD=AC+BD which are the reactants and which are the products |
AB+CD are the reactants and ac+bd are the products
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what are enzymes
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biogical catalysts made of globular proteins
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how do we get enzymes?
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our bodies make them
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What is a substate?
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the material enzyme work on
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what often form on enzymes and substrate?
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reactions
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