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Biochemistry Flashcards
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| 11010485261 | What are the four Biomolecules? | Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Nucleic Acids | 0 | |
| 11010485262 | What elements are found in carbohydrates? | Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen (C, H, O) | 1 | |
| 11010485263 | What elements are found in lipids? | Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen (C, H, O); Less O than C and H | 2 | |
| 11010485264 | How can you tell the difference between carbohydrates and lipids since they contain the same elements? | Carbohydrates are arranged in a ring. Lipids are arranged in chains. | 3 | |
| 11010485265 | What elements are found in proteins? | Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen (C, H, O, N) | 4 | |
| 11010485266 | What elements are found in nucleic acids? | Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous (C, H, O, N, P) | 5 | |
| 11010485267 | What is a monomer? | A building block or subunit of a larger | 6 | |
| 11010485268 | What is the monomer for carbohydrates? | monosaccharide | 7 | |
| 11010485269 | What are the monomers for lipids? | Fatty Acid and Glycerol | 8 | |
| 11010485270 | What is the monomer of proteins? | Amino Acids | 9 | |
| 11010485271 | What is the monomer of nucleic acids? | Nucleotides | 10 | |
| 11010485272 | What is a polypeptide chain? | another word for the polymer of a protein | 11 | |
| 11010485273 | What are the functions of carbohydrates? | 1) Quick Energy 2) Cell Wall Structure | 12 | |
| 11010485274 | What are the functions of lipids? | 1) Energy STORAGE 2) Insulation 3) Cell Membrane 4) Chemical messengers | 13 | |
| 11010485275 | What are the functions of proteins? | 1) Build muscles 2) Enzymes 3) Transport oxygen in blood cells | 14 | |
| 11010485276 | What are the functions of nucleic acids? | 1) Store genetic information 2) Build proteins 3) Energy (ATP) | 15 | |
| 11010485277 | What are examples of carbohydrates? | Sugars (Monosaccharides and Disaccharides) and Starches (Polysaccharides) | 16 | |
| 11010485278 | What are examples of lipids? | Fats, oils, waxes | 17 | |
| 11010485279 | What are examples of proteins? | Enzymes, muscles, hemoglobin | 18 | |
| 11010485280 | What are examples of nucleic acids? | DNA and RNA | 19 | |
| 11010485281 | What bond connects amino acids? | peptide bonds | 20 | |
| 11010485282 | Identify this monomer. What biomolecule does it make up? | Nucleotide. It's the monomer of nucleic acids |  | 21 |
| 11010485283 | Identify the biomolecule pictured: a) Lipid b) Carbohydrate c) Protein d) Nucleic Acid | b) Carbohydrate |  | 22 |
| 11010485284 | Identify the biomolecule pictured: a) Lipid b) Carbohydrate c) Protein d) Nucleic Acid | d) Nucleic Acid |  | 23 |
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AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7702798874 | detriment (noun) | a disadvantage | 0 | |
| 7702801204 | dexterous (adj.) | skilled | 1 | |
| 7702808408 | discretion (noun) | good sense | 2 | |
| 7702808409 | facetious (adj.) | funny | 3 | |
| 7702817659 | gregarious (adj.) | outgoing | 4 | |
| 7702820126 | optimum (adj.) | ideal | 5 | |
| 7702825149 | ostentatious (adj.) | showy | 6 | |
| 7702827007 | scrupulous (adj.) | ethical | 7 | |
| 7702829814 | sensory (adj.) | of the senses | 8 | |
| 7702831979 | vicarious (adj.) | indirect | 9 | |
| 7702836751 | collaborate (verb) | to team up | 10 | |
| 7702839215 | despondent (adj.) | depressed | 11 | |
| 7702841310 | instigate (verb) | to cause | 12 | |
| 7702845003 | resilient (adj.) | quick to recover | 13 | |
| 7702847560 | [in] retrospect (noun) | looking back | 14 | |
| 7702850678 | rudimentary (adj.) | basic | 15 | |
| 7702856565 | scoff (verb) | to ridicule | 16 | |
| 7702858274 | squelch (verb) | to hold back | 17 | |
| 7702863943 | venerate (verb) | to honor | 18 | |
| 7702866535 | zealot (noun) | an extremist | 19 | |
| 7702870544 | berate (verb) | to scold angrily | 20 | |
| 7702870545 | estrange (verb) | to drive away | 21 | |
| 7702899480 | euphoric (adj.) | very happy | 22 | |
| 7702901447 | impetuous (adj.) | impulsive | 23 | |
| 7702904687 | infallible (adj.) | perfect | 24 | |
| 7702906639 | maudlin (adj.) | overly emotional | 25 | |
| 7702911013 | regress (verb) | to go backward | 26 | |
| 7702913921 | relinquish (verb) | to yield | 27 | |
| 7702916197 | ubiquitous (adj.) | found everywhere | 28 | |
| 7702918216 | zenith (noun) | the highest point | 29 | |
| 7702922414 | ambiguous (adj.) | unclear | 30 | |
| 7702922415 | dissident (noun) | a rebel | 31 | |
| 7702926313 | embellish (verb) | to decorate | 32 | |
| 7702928087 | fritter (verb) | to waste | 33 | |
| 7702931915 | inadvertent (adj.) | not intended | 34 | |
| 7702934536 | inane (adj.) | silly | 35 | |
| 7702937209 | juxtapose (verb) | to put side by side | 36 | |
| 7702939282 | lethargy (noun) | inactivity | 37 | |
| 7702942713 | sporadic (adj.) | irregular | 38 | |
| 7702946688 | subsidize (verb) | to pay for | 39 | |
| 7702951374 | charlatan (noun) | a con artist | 40 | |
| 7702954308 | corroborate (verb) | to confirm | 41 | |
| 7702956686 | disseminate (verb) | to spread | 42 | |
| 7702956687 | diverge (verb) | to go in different directions | 43 | |
| 7702959766 | dormant (adj.) | not active | 44 | |
| 7702961751 | hoist (verb) | to raise | 45 | |
| 7702963986 | illicit (adj.) | unlawful | 46 | |
| 7702965905 | irrevocable (adj.) | not reversible | 47 | |
| 7702968029 | precipitate (verb) | to bring on | 48 | |
| 7702971770 | proliferation (noun) | a rapid increase | 49 | |
| 7702983358 | -ante / anti- | Before | 50 | |
| 7702984460 | Chron / chrono- | Time | 51 | |
| 7707172307 | -cide | Kill | 52 | |
| 7707172308 | De- | Removal | 53 | |
| 7707172309 | Dorm | Sleep | 54 | |
| 7707172310 | Extra- | Beyond | 55 | |
| 7707172311 | Ject | Throw | 56 | |
| 7707172312 | Vit / viv | Life | 57 | |
| 7707172313 | vok/voc | Voice | 58 | |
| 7707178714 | Liver / liver | Free | 59 |
Unit 10 Vocab, AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 13866767315 | accrue | v. to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result |  | 0 |
| 13866767316 | annotation | n. a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work; footnote |  | 1 |
| 13866767317 | bedlam | n. a state or scene of uproar and confusion; pandemonium, , |  | 2 |
| 13866767318 | covert | adj. hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; undercover n. a sheltered place, a hiding place |  | 3 |
| 13866767319 | debonair | adj. pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance, urbane; suave | 4 | |
| 13866767320 | dun | v. to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; hound n. a creditor adj. dark, dull, drab, dingy | 5 | |
| 13866767321 | efficacious | adj. effective, producing results | 6 | |
| 13866767322 | equanimity | n. calmness, composure, refusal to panic; sangfroid | 7 | |
| 13866767323 | fortuitous | adj. accidental, occurring by a happy chance; random |  | 8 |
| 13866767324 | gist | n. the essential part, main point, or essence |  | 9 |
| 13866767325 | gratuitous | adj. freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted | 10 | |
| 13866767326 | imperious | adj. overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling | 11 | |
| 13866767327 | invective | n. a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; adj. abusive | 12 | |
| 13866767328 | motley | adj. showing great variety, composed of different elements or many colors; heterogeneous, n. a jester's costume |  | 13 |
| 13866767329 | munificent | adj. extremely generous, lavish | 14 | |
| 13866767330 | procrastinate | v. to delay, put off until later; stall |  | 15 |
| 13866767331 | provocative | adj. tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying S: stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling A: dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating | 16 | |
| 13866767332 | recondite | adj. exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding | 17 | |
| 13866767333 | reprobate | n. a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person; scoundrel adj. corrupt or unprincipled; v. to disapprove of, condemn |  | 18 |
| 13866767334 | sedentary | adj. characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place; stationary | 19 |
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AP Spanish Literature Flashcards
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| 7164305171 | Que es literature? Caules son unos ejemplos? | Literature es una manifestación artística basada en el uso del lenguaje | 0 | |
| 7164305172 | Que es un romance? | Es un tipo de poema característico de la tradición literaria española | 1 | |
| 7164305173 | Como se llaman los personas que inmigran de Africa a Espana? | Moros | 2 | |
| 7164305174 | Que es una relación? | Como un historia | 3 | |
| 7164305175 | Qué es un presagio? | Foreshadowing | 4 | |
| 7164305176 | Quienes son algunos conquistadores famosos? | Hernan Cortes, Diego Velazquez, Juan Ponce de Leon | 5 | |
| 7164305177 | Que es Mesoamerica? | es un término geohistórico para referirse al territorio que ocupaban las civilizaciones prehispánicas. | 6 | |
| 7164305178 | Quien fue la Malinche? | fue una mujer nahua oriunda del Golfo de México que sirvió de intérprete, consejera e intermediaria de Hernán Cortés. | 7 | |
| 7164305179 | Quien conquisto Mexico? | Hernan Cortes | 8 | |
| 7164305180 | Que significa la frase "cuadro de costumbres"? | Costumbres que sigue un religion, raza, etc. | 9 | |
| 7164305181 | Que es Mártir? | Alguien que se muere para un caso buena | 10 | |
| 7164305182 | Que es una aldea? | es un asentamiento humano comúnmente localizado en áreas rurales | 11 | |
| 7164305183 | Que es un dramaturgo? | Es un escritor de textos literarios compuestos para ser representados en un espacio escénico. A estos textos se les da el nombre de obras teatrales u obras dramáticas. | 12 | |
| 7164305184 | De donde proviene el teatro (país)? | Grecia | 13 | |
| 7164305185 | El teatro es conocido por ..... | comedia y trajedia | 14 | |
| 7164305186 | Que es un epoca? | Era | 15 | |
| 7164305187 | Que es un siglo? | Un periodo de cien anos | 16 | |
| 7164305188 | Que es Cotidiano? | referencia a algo diario, habitual o frecuente | 17 | |
| 7164305189 | que es una novela picaresca? Que es un pícaro? | Lazarillo de Tormes; | 18 | |
| 7164305190 | Autor de San Manuel Bueno Martir | Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo Bilbao | 19 | |
| 7164305191 | Autor de El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha | Miguel de Cervantes Alcala de Henares, Espana | 20 | |
| 7164305192 | Autor de Segunda Carta de Relacion | Hernan Cortes | 21 | |
| 7164305193 | Autor de "Se ha perdido el pueblo Mexicatl" | Recopliado or el mexicano Miguel Leon-Portilla en "Vision de los vencidos" | 22 | |
| 7164305194 | Autor de "Romance de la perdida de Alhama" | Anónimo | 23 | |
| 7164305195 | Autor de Lazarillo de los Tormes | Anónimo | 24 |
AP Language and Composition Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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| 13313334618 | Ellipsis | The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author. EX: "The whole day, rain, torrents of rain." | 0 | |
| 13313334619 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. EX: "Physically challenged," in place of "crippled." Sometimes used to exaggerate correctness to add humor. EX:"Vertically challenged" in place of "short." | 1 | |
| 13313334620 | Figurative Language | writing that is not meant to be taken literally. the opposite of "Literal Language" which is writing that makes complete sense when you take it at face value. | 2 | |
| 13313334621 | Analogy | comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables. When a writer argues argues that the relationship between the first pair of variables is the same as the relationship between the second pair of variables. EX: "America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle." | 3 | |
| 13313334622 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration. EX:"My mother will kill me if I am late." | 4 | |
| 13313334623 | Idiom | A common and often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. EX: "I got chewed out by my coach." | 5 | |
| 13313334624 | Metaphor | Making an implied comparison, not using "like," as," or other such words. EX: "My feet are popsicles." | 6 | |
| 13313334625 | Metonymy | Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept. EX: "Relations between London and Washington have been strained," does not literally mean relations between the two cities, but between the leaders of The United States and England. | 7 | |
| 13313334626 | Synecdoche | A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa. EX: "The cattle rancher owned 500 head." EX: "Check out my new wheels." | 8 | |
| 13313334627 | Simile | Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things. EX: "My feet are so cold they feel like popsicles." | 9 | |
| 13313334628 | Synesthesia | a description involving a "crossing of the senses." EX: "A purplish scent filled the room." EX: "I was deafened by his brightly-colored clothing." | 10 | |
| 13313334629 | Personification | Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human. EX: "The tired old truck groaned as it inched up the hill." | 11 | |
| 13313334630 | Foreshadowing | When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story. | 12 | |
| 13313334631 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. | 13 | |
| 13313334632 | Gothic | Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear and/or death. | 14 | |
| 13313334633 | Imagery | Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind. Usually this involves the five senses. | 15 | |
| 13313334634 | Invective | A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language. | 16 | |
| 13313334635 | Irony | When the opposite of what you expect to happen does. | 17 | |
| 13313334636 | Verbal irony | When you say something and mean the opposite/something different. EX: if your gym teacher wants you to run a mile in eight minutes or faster, but calls it a "walk in the park" it would be verbal irony. If your voice tone is bitter, it's called sarcasm. | 18 | |
| 13313334637 | Dramatic irony | When the audience of a drama, play, movie, etc. knows something that the character doesn't and would be surprised to find out. EX: in many horror movies, we (the audience) know who the killer is, which the victim-to-be has no idea who is doing the slaying. Sometimes the character trusts the killer completely when (ironically) he/she shouldn't | 19 | |
| 13313334638 | Situational irony | Found in the plot (or story line) of a book, story, or movie. Sometimes it makes you laugh because it's funny how things turn out. EX:( Johnny spent two hours planning on sneaking into the movie theater and missed the movie. When he finally did manage to sneak inside he found out that kids were admitted free that day). | 20 | |
| 13313334639 | Juxtaposition | Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison. Authors often use juxtaposition of ideas or examples in order to make a point. EX: For example, an author my juxtapose the average day of a typical American with that of someone in the third world in order to make a point of social commentary). | 21 | |
| 13313334640 | Mood | The atmosphere created by the literature and accomplished through word choice (diction). | 22 | |
| 13313334641 | Motif | a recurring idea in a piece of literature. EX: In To Kill a Mockingbird, the idea that "you never really understand another person until you consider things from his or her point of view" is a _________, because the idea is brought up several times over the course of the novel. | 23 | |
| 13313334642 | Oxymoron | When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox - EX: "wisefool," "eloquent silence," "jumbo shrimp." | 24 | |
| 13313334643 | Pacing | The speed or tempo of an author's writing. | 25 | |
| 13313334644 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true. EX: "You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without getting a job." | 26 | |
| 13313334645 | Parallelism | Sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns. EX: "Cinderella swept the floor, dusted the mantle, and beat the rugs." | 27 | |
| 13313334646 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row. EX: "I came, I saw, I conquered." | 28 | |
| 13313334647 | Chiasmus ( antimetabole ) | When the same words are used twice in succession, but the second time, the order of the words is reversed. EX: "Fair is foul and foul is fair." EX: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." | 29 | |
| 13313334648 | Antithesis | Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure. EX: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" | 30 | |
| 13313334649 | Zeugma (Syllepsis) | When a single word governs or modifies two or more other words, and the meaning of the first word must change for each of the other words it governs or modifies. EX: "The butler killed the lights, and then the mistress." EX: "I quickly dressed myself and the salad." | 31 | |
| 13313334650 | Parenthetical Idea | Parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence. It is almost considered an aside...a whisper, and should be used sparingly for effect, rather than repeatedly. Parentheses can also be used to set off dates and numbers. EX: "In a short time (and the time is getting shorter by the gallon) America will be out of oil." |  | 32 |
| 13313334651 | Parody | An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. The Simpsons often _______ Shakespeare plays. Do not confuse with satire. | 33 | |
| 13313334652 | Persona | The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. | 34 |
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