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32 Cards in this Set
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carbs provide raw fuel for
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celluar energy production
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3 examples of monosaccharides
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glucose
fructose galactose |
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glucose
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6 carbon sugar found in blood
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fructose
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sugar that sweetens fruit
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galactose
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sugar found in milk
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5 carbon sugars called pentose are used in nucleic acid synthesis
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deoxyribose and ribose
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3 examples of disaccharides
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sucrose
lactose maltose |
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polysaccharides include
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starch, cellulose, and glycogen
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storage molecule made from gluecose by plants
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starch
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made by plants for cell wall construction
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cellulose
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glycogen is the carb storage molecule found in
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muscle and liver
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organic molecules that are insoluable in water
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lipids
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3 examples of lipids
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neutral fats
phospholipids cholesterol |
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neutral fats are also called
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triglycerides
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neutral fat functions
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stores energy fuel
insulates body tissue cushions and protects organs |
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the building blocks of neutral fat molecules
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fatty acid chains
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originated from animal sources and are solid at room temp
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saturated fatty acids
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originate from plants and are liquid at room temperture
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unsaturated fatty acids
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chief components of all cell membranes
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phospholipids
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helps to stabalize cell membranes and is used by the body to break down steroids
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cholesterol
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preoteins make up
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10-30% of cell mass
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examples of proteins
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enzymes
blood proteins hemogloblin antibodies |
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proteins are built from
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20 amino acids
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DNA comes with a complete set of
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instructions
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using 4 letters
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the DNA molecule builds everything from a bug to a human
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as a child
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you need DNA to produce cells
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as an adult
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you need DNA to:
grow repair damaged cells make proteins |
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DNA allows organisms to make
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copies of itself
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inside DNA you find
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chromosones
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1 set of chromosones from
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mother and 1 set from father
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4 nitrogen bases found in DNA
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adenine
cytosine guanine thythine |
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DNA is in the shape of a
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double helix
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