6406918910 | acid pH | below 7 | 0 | |
6406920747 | base pH | above 7 | 1 | |
6406920748 | buffers | keeps the substance from changing pH levels | 2 | |
6406924787 | buffers help maintain | homeostasis | 3 | |
6406927629 | chemical reactions | when bonds between atoms are formed or broken | 4 | |
6406929060 | metabolism | all the chemical reactions that occur inside an organism | 5 | |
6406933772 | what do some reactions require? | energy | 6 | |
6406936498 | what does organic mean | it contains carbon | 7 | |
6406938588 | all living things have what? | carbon | 8 | |
6406940572 | how many bonds can carbon make with other elements | 4 | 9 | |
6406940573 | monomer | an organic molecule made up of one unit | 10 | |
6406942777 | polymer | an organic molecule made up of a long chain of repeating units | 11 | |
6406945339 | elements of carbohydrates | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen | 12 | |
6406947065 | carbohydrates uses | store and release quick energy | 13 | |
6406948670 | carbohydrates monomer | monosaccharide | 14 | |
6406950519 | types of polymers | disaccharide and polysaccharide | 15 | |
6406954270 | dissaccharide | two sugar carbohydrate | 16 | |
6406956324 | polysaccharide | polymer carbohydrate | 17 | |
6406959941 | what is the repeating monomer for all 3 types | glucose | 18 | |
6406963601 | starch | a spiral chain of glucose made by plants to store glucose | 19 | |
6406965397 | glycogen | a chain of glucose made by animals to store excess glucose after a meal | 20 | |
6406968855 | cellulose | a chain of glucose hooked together like a chained link fence made by plants to form the cell wall | 21 | |
6406972905 | lipids elements | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen | 22 | |
6406974261 | lipids uses | long term energy storage, insulation and protective coatings | 23 | |
6406977675 | lipids monomer | fatty acids with a glycerol | 24 | |
6406979118 | lipids foods | peanuts and avacados | 25 | |
6406980411 | types of lipids | saturated fatty acid and unsaturated fatty acid | 26 | |
6406983524 | saturated fatty acid | no double bonds holds more hydrogens, solid at room temperature | 27 | |
6406986737 | unsaturated fatty acid | one or more double bonds, creating a bend in the molecule, holds fewer hydrogens, liquid at room temperature | 28 | |
6424252867 | why don't lipids dissolve in water? | lipids are non-polar and water is polar | 29 | |
6424255329 | examples of lipids | waxes and steroids | 30 | |
6424257018 | waxes | water proofing and protective coating on plants | 31 | |
6424259270 | steroids | mantain and control functions throughout the body | 32 | |
6424261388 | elements of nucleic acid | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus | 33 | |
6424265746 | nucleic acid uses | store genetic information | 34 | |
6424267545 | nucleic acid monomer | nucleotides | 35 | |
6424271195 | 3 parts of a nucleotide | phosphate group, sugar, nitrogen base | 36 | |
6424278667 | types of nucleic acids | DNA and RNA | 37 | |
6424278668 | DNA stands for what | deoxyribonucleic acid | 38 | |
6424282066 | RNA stands for what | ribonucleic acid | 39 | |
6424284005 | DNA | an organisms genetic material | 40 | |
6424287141 | DNA function | stores information to build proteins | 41 | |
6424289908 | RNA | a copy of DNA | 42 | |
6424289909 | RNA function | carries the code to build proteins | 43 | |
6424293033 | Proteins elements | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen | 44 | |
6424298122 | Proteins uses | structured functions (hair and skin), muscle movement, enzymes | 45 | |
6424301765 | protein monomer | amino acids | 46 | |
6424304390 | types of proteins | dipeptide and polypeptide | 47 | |
6424307076 | dipeptide | 2 amino acids held by a peptide bond | ![]() | 48 |
6424309430 | polypeptide | many amino acids held by a peptide bond | ![]() | 49 |
6424316880 | examples of proteins | insulin and hemoglobin | 50 | |
6424316895 | insulin | important for metabolism and utilization of energy from glucose | 51 | |
6424320568 | hemoglobin | blood to carry oxygen | 52 | |
6424329721 | How many different amino acids can be rearranged to make up a protein | 20 | 53 | |
6424333029 | What aren't a good source of energy | protein | 54 | |
6424335303 | enzymes are a type of what | protein | 55 | |
6424335320 | enzyme function | speed up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation rate | 56 | |
6424365215 | almost all what are helped along by enzymes | metabolic reactions | 57 | |
6424367220 | what are the three things that effect enzymes | temperature, pH, concentration | 58 | |
6424370082 | example of enzyme function | pepsin enzyme in the stomach- works at a pH of 2 | 59 | |
6424372969 | lipase | breakdown fats | 60 | |
6424374447 | catalase | breakdown hydrogen peroxide in tissues | 61 | |
6424376476 | amylase | breakdown starch, saliva is an amylase | 62 |
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