Biochemistry Flashcards
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5759233773 | solution | a uniform mixture of substances. The solutions have two parts: solvent and solute | 0 | |
5759233774 | diffusion | the random movement of molecules from an area of high to low concetration | 1 | |
5759341941 | solvent | the substance doing the dissolving; almost always water | 2 | |
5759906987 | solute | the substance getting dissolved; food waste product oxygen etc | 3 | |
5759357596 | osmosis | molecules of a solvent pass through a membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one so it reaches an equilibrium | 4 | |
5759929826 | equilibrium | equal solute in and out of cell | 5 | |
5759357597 | hypertonic | water exits cell, cell shrinks | 6 | |
5759360745 | hypotnic | water enters cell, cell can explode | 7 | |
5759361887 | isotonic | at equilibrium | 8 | |
5759364630 | plant cells in hypertonic | cell shrinks but cell wall stays the same | 9 | |
5759366228 | plant cells in hypotonic | cell gets bigger but cell wall stays the same | 10 | |
5759383229 | four basic types of biomolecules | carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids | 11 | |
5759427279 | Carbohydrates | provide quick energy and short term energy storage ex/ breads sugar cereal pasta grain fruits and veggies | 12 | |
5759427280 | Lipids | long term energy storage, insulation for animals and repels H2O ex/fats oils waxes steroids butter | 13 | |
5759428908 | Proteins | has amino acids; builds muscles, bone and tendons; enzyme proteins that perform chemical reactions; transportation of O2 and CO2; defence against germs ex/meat eggs dairy beans | 14 | |
5759438547 | Nucleic Acids | store and express genetic info ex/DNA or RNA | 15 | |
5759446998 | phospholipids | a type of lipid; can form a lipid bilayer | 16 | |
5759755330 | cellulose | cell walls | 17 | |
5759758353 | amino acids | muscles and tissues are made up of amino acids, meaning they carry out many important bodily functions, such as giving cells their structure. | 18 | |
5759759918 | saccharides | mono- 1 sugar molecule (glucose) di- 2 sugar molecules (sucrose) poly- 3 or more (starch) | 19 | |
5759865270 | H.O.N.C. | H: hydrogen 1 bond O: oxygen 2 bonds N: nitrogen 3 bonds C: carbon 4 bonds | 20 | |
5759879028 | H2O | . | ![]() | 21 |
5774018473 | similarity all names of enzymes have | all end in -ase | 22 | |
5774025373 | change shape of an enzyme by... | - adding too much heat - change in PH level - addition of toxins | 23 | |
5774030146 | denatured | the active site of an enzyme changes shape | 24 | |
5774035268 | what type of biomolecules are enzymes | proteins | 25 | |
5774043083 | homeostasis | when something is regulated to maintain balance | 26 | |
5774053354 | catalyst | a substance that speeds up chemical reactions | 27 | |
5774057639 | substrate | a molecule that is being broken down | 28 | |
5774084737 | active site | where the substrate connects to the enzyme and makes a chem reaction | 29 |