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Question 1: Carbs include...
Answer:
Sugars and starches
Question 2: What are the main functions of lipids?
Answer:
Storage Energy reserves Cell membrane Protection and warmth
Question 3: What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
Answer:
DNA carries the genetic code RNA carries out the instructions
Question 4: What do dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis both do?
Answer:
Form new molecules
Question 5: What are products?
Answer:
Substances that are made during a reaction (End result)
Question 6: What is the central atom of life?
Answer:
Carbon
Question 7: What are some functions of nucleic Acids?
Answer:
Controls cell activities Genetic material (DNA & RNA) Energy (ATP)
Question 8: What is a monomer?
Answer:
A basic unit that repeats over and over in organic compounds.
Question 9: Enzymes end with which suffix?
Answer:
-ase
Question 10: What is biochemistry?
Answer:
The study of chemical processes and reactions occuring in living matter. It is carbon based.
Question 11: What are saccharides?
Answer:
Sugars
Question 12: 1 amino acid is a...
Answer:
Peptide
Question 13: How many different amino acids are there?
Answer:
20
Question 14: What is the monomer of carbohydrates?
Answer:
Monosaccharides
Question 15: What is dehydration synthesis?
Answer:
Bonding molecules together by removing water
Question 16: What does lactase break down?
Answer:
Lactose
Question 17: What are 3 important characteristics of lipids?
Answer:
Hydrophobic Many C-H bonds Monomer shaped like an E
Question 18: What elements do carbohydrates have?
Answer:
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen
Question 19: What are organic compounds?
Answer:
Carbon compounds made by living things.
Question 20: What are some characteristics of phospholipids?
Answer:
Has two fatty acids attached to the glycerol In the cell membrane
Question 21: What is hydrolysis?
Answer:
Water is being added to break bonds
Question 22: Proteins include...
Answer:
Amino Acids and enzymes
Question 23: What is the monomer of lipids?
Answer:
Glycerol and 3 fatty acids
Question 24: What is the monomer of nucleic Acids?
Answer:
Nucleotide
Question 25: What causes diabetes?
Answer:
The body's ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired
Question 26: What are some examples of Saturated lipids?
Answer:
Butter Ice cream Steak Trans animal fats from hydrogenation
Question 27: What are nucleotides are arranged to form...
Answer:
DNA or RNA