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What is the monomer of carbohydrates |
Monosaccharide |
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What is the monomer of lipids |
Fatty acids for the tail and glycerol for the heads |
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What is the monomer of proteins |
Amino acids |
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What is the monomer of nucleic acids |
Nucleotides |
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What is an example of carbohydrates |
Pasta potatoes starch grains etc |
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What are some examples of the lipids |
Butter oil |
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What are some examples of proteins |
Eggs meat beans etc |
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What are some examples of nucleic acids |
RNA and DNA |
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What elements are found in all biomolecules |
Cho carbon hydrogen oxygen |
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What biomolecule is used for a fast source of energy |
Carbohydrates |
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What about molecule is used for long term storage (think of bears) |
Lipids |
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What biomolecule is used for muscle development |
Proteins |
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Movement of materials across the cell membrane without using energy |
Passive transport |
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What are three examples of passive transport |
Diffusion osmosis and facilitated diffusion |
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Movement of large molecules across the membrane through a transfer protein |
Facilitated diffusion |
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What are embedded in the cell membrane to help large molecules pass through the cell membrane |
Transfer proteins |
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Movement of molecules through an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
Diffusion |
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Movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
Osmosis |
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Movement of materials across the membrane when energy is needed |
Active transport |
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What are three examples of active transport |
Protein pump endocytosis exocytosis |
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Why is important that the cell membrane be composed of a phospholipid bilayer |
It helps to repel water to prevent too much water from entering or leaving the cell |
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What does hydrophilic mean what part of a phospholipid is hydrophilic |
Water loving head of phospholipid |
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What does hydrophobic mean what part of phospholipid is hydrophobic |
Water heating tale of the phospholipid |
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What does it mean when water moves into a cell and cell expands |
Hypotonic |
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What does it mean when water leaves the cell and the cell shrinks |
Hypertonic |
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What does it mean when water enters and leaves the cell equally and remains the same shape |
Isotonic |
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What is the equation of photosynthesis |
CO2+H2O+light---》o2+ glucose |
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What are the reactants of the equation of photosynthesis |
CO2+H2O+LIGHT |
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What are the products of the equation of photosynthesis |
O2+ GLUCOSE |
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What happens during photosynthesis |
Chloroplasts absorbs sunlight and converts it to make glucose and oxygen |
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What is the green pigment found in the chloroplast |
Chlorophyll |
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What is the equation of cellular respiration |
O2+GLUCOSE---》CO2+H2O+ATP |
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What are the reactants of the equation of cellular respiration |
O2+GLUCOSE |
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What are the products of the equation of cellular respiration |
CO2+H2O+ATP |
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What happens during cellular respiration |
Glucose is broken down to produce energy and carbon dioxide |
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How are photosynthesis and respiration related |
The equations are opposite of each other |
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Where does cellular respiration take place |
Mitochondria |
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How is from different different than cellular respiration |
Cellular respiration uses energy when fermentation does not use energy |
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Which two processes uses more energy cellular respiration and fermentation |
Cellular respiration also known as aerobic respiration |
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What can happen when you undergo strainous exercise why does this happen |
Lactic acid forms in the muscles when the cells do not get enough oxygen |
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What is the purpose of an enzyme |
To speed up a chemical reaction |
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Enzymes are examples of |
Proteins |
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A substance an enzyme acts on |
Substrate |
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A substance needed to help with enzymatic activity |
Coenzyme |
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What happens to an enzyme exposed to high temperatures or improper pH |
It can become denature or unfold |
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List some examples of enzymes |
Sucrase lactase |
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What might compete with the substrate for the active site of an enzyme |
Competitive inhibitor |
