11603460640 | Carbohydrate | Sugars and starches. Used for quick energy. Made up of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio. Ends in OSE | ![]() | 0 |
11603460641 | Lipid | Fats, oils and waxes, made up of glycerol and 3 fatty acids. A secondary source of energy | ![]() | 1 |
11603460642 | Protein | Used for tissue repair and growth. Made up of Amino Acids | 2 | |
11603460643 | Nucleic Acids | DNA and RNA. Made up of nucleotides | ![]() | 3 |
11603460644 | Monosaccharide | simple sugar. Ex. Glucose | ![]() | 4 |
11603460645 | Disaccharide | 2 Simple sugars together. ex. Maltose, sucrose | ![]() | 5 |
11603460646 | Polysaccharide | many simple sugars combined together. Ex. Starch. cellulose | ![]() | 6 |
11603460647 | Dehydration Synthesis | Process of removing a water molecule to combine substances | ![]() | 7 |
11603460648 | Hydrolysis | Process of adding a water molecule back into a molecule to break it down(split apart). AKA Digestion | ![]() | 8 |
11603460649 | Glucose (simple sugar) | Building block of carbohydrates | ![]() | 9 |
11603460650 | Amino Acids | Building blocks of proteins | ![]() | 10 |
11603460651 | Glycerol and 3 fatty acids | Building blocks of Lipids | ![]() | 11 |
11603460652 | Nucleotides | Building block of Nucleic acids | ![]() | 12 |
11603460653 | Peptide bond | type of bond that creates proteins | ![]() | 13 |
11603460654 | polypeptide | fancy name for proteins | 14 | |
11603460655 | Iodine | Starch indicator that turns from amber to blue/black in the presence of Starch | ![]() | 15 |
11603460656 | Benedict's solution | Glucose indicator, changes from blue to orange in the presence of glucose (with heat) | ![]() | 16 |
11603460657 | Biurets | Indicator for protein, changes from blue to pinkish/purple in the presence of protein | ![]() | 17 |
11603460658 | organic | substance that contain Carbon AND Hydrogen together. Ex. C6H12O6 OR CH4 | 18 | |
11603460659 | Inorganic | substances that DO NOt HAVE Carbon AND Hydrogen EX. H2O OR CO2 | 19 | |
11603460660 | Enzymes | organic catalysts that speed up reaction rates. End in ASE. Ex. Maltase | ![]() | 20 |
11603460661 | Active site | Place where reaction takes place in an enzyme | ![]() | 21 |
11603460662 | Temperature, pH, concentration of enzymes or substrate | Factors that affect enzyme rate | 22 | |
11603460663 | Substrate | molecule that is being transformed (worked on) by enzymes | 23 | |
11603460664 | Enzyme/Substrate Complex | when the enzyme and the substrate are actively reacting together | ![]() | 24 |
11603460665 | Denature | when the active site of an enzyme becomes deformed from either temperature or pH changes causing to not work | 25 | |
11603460666 | Reactants | the substances needed to complete a chemical reaction. Found on the left side of a written chemical reaction | ![]() | 26 |
11603460667 | Products | the substances "produced" by the chemical reaction. Found on the right side of the written reaction | ![]() | 27 |
11603460668 | Activation energy | The energy needed to start a chemical reaction | ![]() | 28 |
11603460669 | Enzymes | Needed for the synthesis of most materials in an organism | 29 | |
11603460670 | Biological catalyst | Another name for an enzyme | 30 | |
11603460671 | Enzyme shape | What allows enzymes to work in very specific ways? | 31 | |
11603460672 | Too high temperature, wrong pH | How can denaturing take place? | 32 | |
11603460673 | Enzymes | "ase"is an ending for... | 33 | |
11603460674 | Carbohydrates | Glycogen is a type of sugar belonging to which group of macromolecules? | 34 | |
11603460675 | Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids | All living cells have these macromolecules | 35 |
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