Biochemistry Vocab

Question 0

Do not contain carbon and hydrogen at the same time. ________ molecules.

Answer 0

Inorganic molecules

Question 1

My name

Answer 1

Kyle Gill

Question 2

A type of molecule that contains carbon, the key element of life.

Answer 2

Organic molecules

Question 3

A key element of life,can form bonds with itself. Single, double, triple, and ring bonds.

Answer 3

Carbon

Question 4

A liquid that makes up 60-98% of living things, needed for transport of nutrients.

Answer 4

Water

Question 5

Something that helps contain water balance

Answer 5

Salt

Question 6

An equally distributed mixture using a solute and solvent.

Answer 6

Solution

Question 7

What the solute is dissolved in

Answer 7

Solvent

Question 8

The substance being dissolved. Examples are salt or sugar.

Answer 8

Solute

Question 9

Compounds that contain bonds through carbon

Answer 9

Organic compounds

Question 10

Many molecules classified as this;

Answer 10

Macromolecules

Question 11

A full compound of sugar, but with removal of H2O

Answer 11

Disaccharides

Question 12

Half of a sugar compound, but with H2O

Answer 12

Monosaccharides

Question 13

Combination of simple molecules to create a complex one, except with the removal of water.

Answer 13

Dehydration synthesis

Question 14

Addition of H2O to split a disaccharide.

Answer 14

Hydrolysis

Question 15

Also known as fats, these have control over energy. Mostly protecting, storing, and insulating. Saturated, or unsaturated.

Answer 15

Lipids

Question 16

A type of lipid based on cholesterol,and increases testosterone production.

Answer 16

Steroids

Question 17

A double helix that contains instructions for cells. Found in chromosomes.

Answer 17

DNA

Question 18

A strand made from DNA to pass through the nucleus.

Answer 18

RNA

Question 19

A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction

Answer 19

Catalyst

Question 20

An organic catalyst made of protein.

Answer 20

Enzyme

Question 21

Pocket in an enzyme where the substrate fits.

Answer 21

Active site

Question 22

A molecule that works with an enzyme

Answer 22

Substrate

Question 23

Molecular attraction that holds two substances together

Answer 23

Adhesion

Question 24

The effect of molecules sticking to itself, specifically water

Answer 24

Cohesion

Question 25

The acids are DNA, found in the nucleus

Answer 25

Nucleic acids

Question 26

The idea that an enzyme fits perfectly with what molecule it accepts.

Answer 26

Lock and key model

Question 27

The combination of an enzyme and substrate

Answer 27

Enzyme-substrate complex

Question 28

The scale in which a substances pH is listed.

Answer 28

pH scale

Question 29

When an enzyme begins to lose effect, due to a change in pH or temperature

Answer 29

Denature