Chemistry Of Living

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What are atoms?

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Small units of matter

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What charge is an electron

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negative

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What charge is an neutron

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neutral or no charge

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what charge is an proton

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positive

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active transport

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movement of material through a cell membrane with the use of energy

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is water and element or compound why

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compound because two or more elements are joined

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biodegradable

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a substance that easily decomposes in the environment

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oxygen and carbon together make up about what percent of the elments in the human body

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80%

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carbohydrates

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organic compounds that provide most of the bodies energy

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What is osmosis

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the passive transport of water throug the cell membrane by diffision

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cellular respiration

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the process by which cells and some organisms release energy from sugar in the presence of oxygen

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How are glucose molecues moved into a cell

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carrier proteins use energy when moving molecules into and out of a cell

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consumers

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oransims that can make thier own food

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after proteins are made by ribosomes how do they leave the cell

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proteins are packages by Golgia Bodies and they have too cell membrane they they fust to the cell membrane and are released into the cell

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diffision

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the movement of molecues from where they are concentrated to where they are less concentrated

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what is a selectively permeable membrane

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it allows somethings to pass through but others not to

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How do producers make thier own food

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the change light energy into chemical enrgy

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endocytosis

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a process by which cells transport a large body such as a large protein molecue through the cell membrane into the cytoplasm

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What are the end products of respiration

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the relase of stored energy

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equillimbrum

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condition in which the number of molecules of a substance is maintained at the same amount throughout a space

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What process occurs in the mitochondria

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respiration

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exocytosis

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a process by which a cell moves large molecules throughout the cell membrane

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The green pigment in planst that traps radiant energy from the sun is called

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Chlorophyll

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fermentation

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a process by which yeast and some bacteria are release energy needed for life processes by breaking down glucose into alchol and carbon dioxide

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During photosynthesis plants produce glucose and give off

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oxygen

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lipid

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an organic compound that stores or releases large amounts of energy or fats or oils

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the enrgy used by all living things starts with

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sunlight

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metabolism

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all of the changes in an organism that enable to live grow and reproduce

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during respiration some enrgy is lost as

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heat

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neucleic acids

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large organic molecules that store important information in cells and direct their activties two types are DNA RNA

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fermentation gives off energy without using

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oxygen

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osmosis

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the passive transport of water through a cell membrane by diffision

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when muscles are overworked, soreness is caused by the build up of

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lactic acid

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Passive Transport

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movement of materials through a cell membrane without the use of energy

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photosynthesis

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a chemical reaction used by producers such as green plants to produce food light energy is used tto produce chemical energy converting carbon dioxide

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producers

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green plants that make their own food by photosyntheseis

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proteins

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organic compound made up of amino acids used throughout the body for growth and to replace and repair cells

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A ________________ is a mixture in which one o r more substances mix evenly with other substances

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solution

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a _______________ is the smalles part of a compound with all the properties of that compound.

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molecule

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Molecules diffuse in ______________ and ________________

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liquids and gasses

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T/F
Molecules move constantly

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True

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What are lipids?

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Fats, oils, waxes

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A ________________ is a mixture in which substance spread through a liquid or gass.

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suspension

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An example of suspension?

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Blood

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Name the four groups of organic compounds that make up all iving things

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carbohydrates; lipids; proteins; nucleic acids

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Four groups of _________ make up all living things

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organic compounds

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T/F
Cells do not have to stay in balance with their environment to survive

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False

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What does it mean to stay in balance with environment

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homostasis

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What _______________________ and its transport system are important in keeping cells and organisims alive and healthy

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selectively permeable cell membrane

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What is an example of a mixture

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dissolving salt in water

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What happens when carbohydrates are broken down?

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organisms release energy

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Where are proteins located?

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are scattered throuout cell membranes

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Proteins are made up of smaller molecules called _______________

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amino acids

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_________________ take part in nearly all the chemical reactions in cells

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enzymes

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Name the two nucleic acids

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RNA
DNA