Biology Flashcards

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What 3 particles make up the atom and where are they located, and what is their charge?

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Proton,Positive, Nucleas
Electron, Negative, Surrounding the Nucleas
Neutron, Neutral, Nucleas

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Atom

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The Building Block of All Matter

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What is an element and what tool we use to organize elements?

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An Element is a pure substance that can’t be broken down into other substances. The Tool we use is the Periodic Table.

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Isotope

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Atoms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons

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Compound

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a pure substance formed when 2 or more elements combine

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What 2 chemical bonds were described and what happens to the electrons in each?

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Covenant and Ionic Bonds. Covenant shares, Ionic takes.

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The 3 types of van Der waal forces from weakest to strongest

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London Disperian Forces, Dipole-Dipole Interaction, and hydrogen bonding

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Chemical reaction

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The Process by which atoms or groups of atoms in substances are reorganized into different substances.

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List the Reaction Products and plot them on a reaction.

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Coefficiants, Chemical Formula, State of Matter, Subscript, Reactants, Reaction Arrow, Products

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Activation Energy

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The Minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products in a chemical reaction

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What is the difference between Endo and exothermic reactions?

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Endo absorbs energy, Exo releases the energy.

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Enzymes

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Proteins that speed up biological reactions by powering the activation energy needed to start the reaction.

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What do enzymes do for a chemical reaction?

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They Start the reaction.

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Is water polar or non polar and why?

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Polar, because electrons spend more time near the oxygen, and it strongly attracts them.

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Homogeneous Mixture with an example.

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A mixture with uniform composition througout. Ex: Coffee, Brass

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Heterogeneous Mixture with an example

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A Mixture in which components remain distinct. Ex: Salad, Smog

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Solvent

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A Substance in which a substance is dissolvent

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Solute

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A Substance that gets dissolved

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Acid

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A Substance that releases hydroxide ions when they are dissolved in water.

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Base

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A Substance that releases hydroxide ions when they are dissolved in water.

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What scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is?

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On this scale what range is acidic, which is basic and which is neutral?

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0, most acidic, 14, most basic, 7, neutral

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Which element is related to organic chemistry?

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Name the four macro molecules

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carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids

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Name 2 monosaccharides
Glucose and Fructose
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What Polysaccharide is used to store energy in The Liver
Glycogen
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Lipids
Molecules made mostly of carbon and Hydrogen
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What are the building Blocks of Lipids?
Mostly Fatty Acids and Glycerol
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What is the difference between saturated and Unsaturated fat?
Sat has no double bonds, unsat has H Atoms.
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What are the building Blocks of proteins?
Amino Acids
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What bond is found in protein chains?
Peptide Bonds
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Name 3 protein functions.
Makes up 15% of your total body mass, involved in almost every body function. Muscles, Skin and Hair.
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What are the building Blocks of Nucleic Acids?
Nucleotides
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What are the 2 types of Nucleic acids in your body?
DNA and RNA
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name the 4 nitrogenous bases in DNA
Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine
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ATP
Adenosine Triphosphate is a nucleotide with 3 phosphate groups.