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1
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Peptides are lipids or proteins

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Proteins

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IS DNA or RNA involved in trasnering information for protein production?

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RNA

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What is the monomer for nucleic acids?

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nucleotides

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What is the monomer for proteins?

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Amino Acids

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What is the monomer for carbohydrates?

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Monosaccharites

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What is the monomer for lipids?

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Fatty Acids

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In the reaction A + B -> C A and B are _____ and C is ___

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A and B are reactants and C is a product

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A chain of two amino acids is a

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Dipepetide

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A chain of three amino acids

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Polypeptide

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Dipeptide

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chain of 2 amino acids

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Polypeptide

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chain of 3 amino acids

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a special bond is formed between a N atom from one amino acids and the C atom from another amino acid during dehydration synthesis

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peptide

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peptide

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a special bond is formed between a N atom from one amino acids and the C atom from another amino acid during dehydration synthesis

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Lowering the _______ required to run a chemical reaction is a way that enzymes speed up chemical reactions

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activation energy

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Enzymes, dipeptides, polypeptides and amino acids belong to what group of organic molecules?

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proteins

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ame the two ends of a fatty acid molecule

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Carboxyl + long hydrocarbon chain

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17
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Long term energy storage molecules?

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Lipids

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18
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Short term energy storage molecules?

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Carbohydrates

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What process forms a lipid molecules? Three fatty acids connected to a glycerol molecule?

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Crx

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Fats and oils are a group of lipids that are made of 3 fatty acids connected to one glycerol. this group is called the

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triglicerites

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Waxes are a type of lipids which contians fatty acids and instead of glycerol that contain

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Alcohol groups

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Steroids are lipids that do not contain

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fatty acids

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Glucose, galactose and fructose are carbohydrates known as

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monosaccharides

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monosaccharides

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Glucose, galactose, fructose

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Dissacharides
Maltose lactose and sucrose
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Maltose lactose and sucrose
Dissacharites
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starch cellulose and glycogen
polysaccharites
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polysaccharites
starch cellulose glycogen
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what is produced by plants (polys)
starch and cellulose
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combining one monosaccharides to another will form a
Dissacharites
31
What two molecules are used to make a lipid?
glycerol and fatty acids
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How do you tell if something is a amino acid?
It has 1 nitrogen
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What is on a carboxyl
C - oh (1 c) c=o
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What is an amino end
N connected to two h
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What molecules is always needed during hydrolysis?
water
36
Carbon is a very reactive because its outer shell has
4 electrons
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carbon can form __ bonds with other atoms
4
38
The products of the breakdown of H2O2
water and oxygen
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C6H16O4N2
dipeptide
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C12H42O5
Lipids
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C6H12O6
monosaccharites
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Triglyceride what are they made of
fatty acid and glycerol
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What molecule bonds together a triglycerides
Crx
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What is a triglicierte?
Lipid (fat/oil)
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How many fatty acids are in a triglycerides
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How many fatty acids are in a triglycerides
3
47
How many glycerol molecules are in a triglycerides
1
48
How many molecules of water are needed to break down a triglycerides
3
49
Lipids have a H:O ratio of
greater then 2:1
50
Lipids do or don't dissolve in water
do not
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Organic molecules with the most stored energy are ___ because of
lipids, large number of hydrogen to carbon bonds
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Starch
carbo
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oil
lipid
54
wax
lipid
55
glucose
carbo
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amino acid
protein
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dna
nucleic acids
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ceullulose
carbo
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Sucrose
carbo
60
polypeptide
protein
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polysaccharite
carbohydrate
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glycogen
carbohydrate
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steroid
lipid
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fatty acid
lipids
65
glycerol
lipid
66
RNA
nucleic acids
67
nucleotide
nucleic acids
68
nitrogen
proteins
69
saccharide
carbo
70
peptide
protein
71
peptide
C-N
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How many molecules of water are lost to make a dipeptide
1
73
2 n's
dipeptide
74
how many peptide bonds are holding a dipeptide together
1
75
How many amino acids are in a dipeptide
2
76
Benedict detect a
mono
77
Iodine detect a
poly
78
positive to a b, negative to I
Glucose (mono)
79
Positive b
mono
80
positive i
poly
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positive to both
m and a p
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____ uses water to break down large molecules into smaller molecules
Hydrolesis
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DISACCHARIDe + Water ->
mono + mono
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Dipeptide + water =
amino acid + amino acid
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lipid + water
fatty acid + glycerol
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glycerol
lipid stuff
87
lipid stuff
glycerol
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Nucleic Acid + water
nucleictide
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mono + mono =
Disaccharide + water
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amino + amino =
dipeptide + water
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fatty acid + glycerol =
lipid + water
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nucleotide =
Nucleic acid + water
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in or organic (C6H12O6)
organic
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in or organic (MnO2)
inorganic
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in or organic (H20)
inorganic
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in or organic (CuSO4)
organic
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in or organic (proteins)
organic
98
in or organic (lipids)
organic
99
in or organic (carbohydrates)
organic
100
in or organic (nucleic acids)
organic
101
What molecule is a building block of protein
amino acid
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What molecule has the formula C6H12O6
glucose
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What two molecules contain a carboxyl group?
amino acids and fatty acids
104
carboxyl
acid
105
acid
carboxyl
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what two molecules are the building blocks of a lipid?
Glycerol and fatty acids
107
what molecule is inorganic
water
108
maltose is produced when two of what are bonded?
glucose
109
Which molecule functions as a solvent in the cell?
water
110
at molecule has 20 diffrent forms in the cell?
amino acid
111
C2H4O2N1
amino acid (protein
112
C5H10O5
monosaccharite
113
C4H8O2
Fatty acid (lipid)
114
C12H22O11
Dissachrate
115
C60H110O55
polysaccharite
116
C6H12O4N
amino acid
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C30H60O20
Lipid
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C5H10O5
monosaccharite
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C20H40O20N8
protein
120
starch
polysacchartde
121
Cellulose
polysaccharite
122
Enzymes
proteins
123
Sucrose
Disachharites
124
Glucose
monosaccharide
125
Triglyceride
Lipid (Glycerol + 3 fatty acids)
126
Enzymes
Catalans proteins that weaken chemical bonds
127
catalysts
anything that speed up chemical reactions
128
CHO
Carlos or Lipids
129
CHON
protein
130
CHONP
nucleic acids
131
monomer of what (monosaccharide
carbohydrates
132
monomer of what (glycerol + fatty acids
Lipids
133
monomer of what (amino acids
proteins
134
monomer of what (nucleotide
nucleic acids
135
Carbohydrates formula
2:1
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Lipids formula
greater then 2:1
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proteins
many jobs, make and destroy things catalysis
138
nucleic acids
store genetic information/ceullor control
139
lipids
long term energy

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