Biochemistry Flashcards

5349235181	carbon	Organic chemistry is the study of all compounds that contain this element	0
5349239563	carbon	fundamental element of things that make life	1
5349264906	covalent	strongest bonds	2
5349271394	intermolecular or covalent	bonds that occur between carbon atoms	3
5349336702	macro-molecule	large molecule	4
5349340304	monomers	repeating smaller molecules that make up larger molecules	5
5349348971	polymer	polymer molecule composed of repeated smaller molecules	6
5349352718	polymerization	process of monomers bonding together to become a polymer	7
5349359867	carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucelic acids	groups of large carbon-compounds found in living things, covered in class	8
5349362316	lipids	NOT POLYMERS	9
5349367868	glucose, starch, sucrose, lactose	examples of carbohydrates	10
5349371781	photosynthesis	what is glucose a product of	11
5349375862	table sugar	sucrose is	12
5349375863	milk sugar	lactose is	13
5349380347	carbon, hydrogen, oxygen	three elements that make up carbohydrates	14
5349384222	glucose	simple sugar (monomer)	15
5349386812	starch, glycogen, cellulose	complex sugars (polymers)	16
5349392064	starch, glycogen, cellulose	made up of glucose monomer	17
5349396725	glucose	what is this	18
5349469827	storage and structure	why are carbs important	19
5349471818	glycogen	animals store glucose as...	20
5349474114	starch	plants store glucose as...	21
5349476317	cell walls	plants use cellulose to build...	22
5349480912	cellulose	plant walls have structure because of...	23
5349485088	glycogen	what is this	24
5349489155	cellulose	what is this	25
5349492605	starch	what is this	26
5349498490	cellulose, starch, glycogen	glucose monomer makes up these	27
5349501254	cellulose	rigid, no branching stucture...found in plants	28
5349509651	store energy	function of glycogen and starch	29
5349513324	hydrogen and carbon	what 2 elements mainly compose liquids	30
5349515916	provide energy, make up cell membranes, are chemical messengers	why are lipids important?	31
5349522110	phospholipid	type of lipid found in cell membranes	32
5349524262	fat	type of lipid found in your diet	33
5349527097	steroid	type of lipid that serves as a chemical messenger	34
5349532951	glycerol	a fat consists of one ______ molecule linked to three fatty acid molecules	35
5349537251	fatty acid	a fat consists of one glycerol molecule liked to three _______ molecules	36
5349540923	saturated fat	solid fat	37
5349540924	unsaturated fat	liquid fat	38
5349545200	double bonding	what gives away if a fat is solid or liquid	39
5349547238	fat	what type of lipid is this?	40
5349554686	saturated	what type of fat is this?	41
5349564601	straight chains	fats with single bonds in their fatty acid chains form	42
5349567459	liquid	when molecules aren't tightly packed, the substance is usually a	43
5349575613	solid	when molecules are tightly packed, the substance is a	44
5349583318	phospholipid	when one of the three fatty acids in a fat is replaced with a phosphate group, you have a	45
5349592556	attracted	the part of a phospholipid that looks like a head is ________ to water	46
5349598506	unattracted	fatty acid chains on a phospholipid are __________ to water	47
5349607393	a phosphate group, two fatty acids, and glycerol	phospholipids are made up of	48
5349624636	phospholipid	what is this	49
5349628767	cell walls	what phospholipids make up	50
5349632480	one half likes water other half hates water	why do phospholipids make up cell walls	51
5349635901	four rings	steroids are destinctive because of	52
5349636464	steroid	what is this	53
5349643306	make up cell membranes, chemical messengers	purposes of steroids	54
5349649852	dna and rna	2 types of nucleic acids	55
5349653586	carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphate	what elements make up nucleic acids	56
5349658131	polymer, monomer	nucleic acids are ________s made up of __________s	57
5349672146	nucleotides	monomers that make up nucleic acids are called	58
5349672147	nitrogen containing base/5 carbon sugar/phosphate group	three parts of a nucleotide	59
5349675499	3	all DNA/RNA monomer have how many parts	60
5349680267	carbohydrate or a fat	if there is a phosphate in a molecule, then it can't be a	61
5349681920	nucleic acid or phospholipid	if there is phosphate in a molecule then it can be	62
5349688478	DNA	what is this	63
5349550325	unsaturated	what type of fat is this?	64
5349693931	nucleotide for DNA	what is this	65
5349698636	nucleotide for RNA	what is this	66
5349708403	DNA has one less oxygen	difference in letters between DNA and RNA	67
5349715887	RNA	one stranded nucleic acid	68
5349719238	DNA	double stranded nucleic acid	69
5349722113	different sugars	the way DNA and RNA differ in their bases	70
5349725012	carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen	elements that make up protein	71
5349728788	amino acids	a protein is a polymer made up of monomers called	72
5349731416	polymer	is a protein a polymer or monomer	73
5349734287	monomer	is an amino acid a polymer or monomer	74
5349736186	amino acid	what is this	75
5349754150	protein	many amino acids joined together	76
5349756765	hydrogen bond	what is this	77
5349764119	peptide bond	name of covalent bond that links amino acids together	78
5349766910	enzymes, bones and muscles, transport things across cell membranes, base of immune system	four roles of protein in living things	79
5349774717	protein transporting things through cell walls	this shows	80
5349690636	RNA	what is this	81
5380852946	original bonds are being broken and new bonds are being formed	when an enzyme catalyzes a reaction...	82
5411984839	enzyme	a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction	83
5411986034	amino acid	what monomer makes up enzymes	84
5411989218	protein	what major macro molecule are enzymes made of	85
5411994786	lock and key	way that an enzyme fits with the substrate	86
5411999698	pH and temperature	change of these things will denature enzymes	87
5412001521	yes	Are all enzymes proteins?	88
5412001522	no	Are all proteins enzymes?	89
5412011927	7 or neutral	pH that enzymes prefer	90
5412013403	98 F or 37 C or body temperature	temperature that enzymes prefer	91
5412020082	enzyme-substrate complex	what an enzyme and substrate form while the enzyme is catalyzing a reaction	92
5412021699	enzyme-substrate complex	what is this? (the two things together)	93
5412028188	substrate	orange part in A	94
5412030169	product	orange part in F	95
5412036963	capillary action	the movement of a liquid through or along the surface of another material in spite of other forces, such as gravity	96
5412042906	heat capacity	the amount of heat required to change its temperature by one degree (WATER has a high one)	97
5412048908	an atom	whats this	98
5412063845	isotope	an atom that has gained or lost a neutron	99
5412067197	an atom that has lost or gained an alectron	isotope	100
5412078153	compound	substance made of two or more elements in definite proportions	101
5412086604	polymer	is cellulose a monomer or a polymer	102
5412088095	plants	location of cellulose	103
5412093309	animals	where is glycogen found	104
5412095527	structures cell walls	function of cellulose	105
5412103187	glycerol and 3 fatty acids	2 things fat are made up of	106
5412106574	glycerol and 2 fatty acids and phosphate group	3 things phospholipids are made of	107
5412111927	inorganic, organic	types of chemical compounds	108
5412115042	carbon	organic compounds contain this element	109
5412122198	phosphate	inorganic compounds do not include	110
5412124261	carbohydrates, lipids, protein, nucleic acids	organic compounds consist of	111
5412128655	genetic information	nucleic acids store	112
5412131583	monomers or polymers	carbs can be either of these	113
5412139118	surface tension	cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for	114
5412149846	polar	molecule has a partial positive charge in one part of the molecule and complementary negative charge in another part	115
5412155936	solvent	part of a solution that something else is put into	116
5412155937	solute	dissolved in the other part of a solution	117

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