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What happens to NaCl is placed in water? |
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What happens to KCl when placed in water? |
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What happens to CaPO4 is placed in water? |
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What happens to NaHCO3 is placed in water? |
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What happens to MgCl2 is placed in water? |
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Example of a strong acid? |
HCl ➡ Na+ + OH- |
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What happens when Na2SO4 is placed in water? |
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What happens when Na2HPO4 is placed in water? |
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Acid |
Proton donor and releases H+ in a solution |
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Base |
Proton acceptor, a solute that generates OH- |
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As H+ increases in a solution what does pH do? |
Decreases and acidity increases |
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As the H+ decreases what happens to the pH? |
Increases and alkalinity increases |
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pH range? |
7.35 - 7.45 |
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What are the physiological buffers? |
Kidneys and lungs |
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What does pH mean? |
Power of hydrogen |
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What's the carbonic acid-bicarbonate sytem equation? |
H2CO3 ➡ HCO3- + H1 or H2CO3 ⬅ HCO3- + H1 |
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What's a chemical buffer do? |
Stabilize the body |
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Dehydration synthesis |
Polymers are made when many monomers are joined together |
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What are carbohydrates? |
Sugars, starches, polymers, and contain C, H, O |
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What are the three types of sugar? |
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides |
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Examples of monosaccharides |
Glucose, fructose, and galactose |
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Examples of disaccharides |
Sucrose, lactose, and maltose |
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Example of polysaccharides |
Glycogen |
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What can monosaccharides do? |
Enter the cell through the plasma membrane |
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Where can you find polysaccharides? |
In liver and skeletal muscles |
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Lipids are _____________ in water |
Insolube |
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Lipids provide twice as much as energy as carbohydrates. TRUE OR FALSE? |
True |
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Main functions of triglycerides? |
Energy storage, insulation, and protection |
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Triglycerides are called ______ when solid and _______ when liquid |
Fat/oil |
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Phospholipids |
Hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail |
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What are proteins? |
Most abundant and important organic molecules |
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What are the seven major protein functions? |
Support (bone/ligaments), movement (actin/myosin), transport (canals/carriers), buffering (regulate pH), metabolic regulation (enzymes), defense (antibodies), and coordination (hormones). |
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Primary structure |
Held together by peptide bonds |
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Secondary structure |
Involves hydrogen bonding |
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Tertiary structure |
Involves hydrogen and covalent bonding |
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Fibrous proteins |
Strandlike, water-insolube, and stable |
Structural |
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Example of fibrous? |
Keratin, collagen, and skeletal muscle |
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Globular protein |
Compact, spherical, water-soluble, and sensitive to environment |
Functional |
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Example of globular protein |
Antibodies, hormones, and enzymes |
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What are the building blocks from functional units called cells? |
Lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates |
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