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All matter is composed of certain basic substances called

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Elements

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Define element

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An element is a substance that can’t be broken down to simpler substances with different properties by ordinary chemical means

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How many naturally occurring element exist?

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92

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What are the primary elements that make earth’s crust?

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Oxygen, silicon, Aluminum

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What are the main elements making organisms?

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Oxygen
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen

Along with
Sulfur
Phosphorus

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What’s an atom?

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Smallest part of an atom that displays the properties of that element

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Atomic number?

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The number of protons in each atom

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What’s the mass number of an atom?

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The sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus

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Isotop

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Atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons

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What’s compound?

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When atoms of two or more different elements bond together, the product called a compound like H2O

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Attraction between negatively and positively ions is called

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Ionic bond

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What’s covalent bond?

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It results when two atoms share electrons in such a way that each atom has a complete out orbital

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What’s electronegativity ?

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The attraction of an atom for the electrons in a covalent bond is called electronegativity

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What creates a polar molecule?

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The unequal sharing of electrons in a covalent bond creates polar covalent bond.

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What’s the attraction between water molecules called?

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Hydrogen bond

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What’s a calorie?

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Amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1C

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Dissolved substances are called….

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Solutes

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Molecules that can attract water are called…

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Hydrophilic

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Non-ionized and non-polar molecules, such as oil, that cannot attract water are called….

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Hydrophobic

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What’s matter?

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Anything that takes up space and has mass

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…is used to indicate the acidity or basicity of solutions.

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pH scale

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pH scale ranges from ….to ….

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0 to 14

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pH below 7 is …

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Acidic

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A pH above 7 is …

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Basic

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What's pH of our blood?
7.4
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Organic molecules always contain.....and ....
Carbon and hydrogen
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Attached to the carbon chains are ...., a specific combination of bonded atoms that always react in the same way
Functional groups
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What are waters unique properties?
1. Has High heat capacity 2. Has High heat of vaporization 3. Is a solvent 4. Is cohesive and adhesive 5. has high surface tension 6. frozen is less dense than liquid
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A simple organic molecule that exists individually or can link with other molecules to form polymer.
Monomer
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Cell use ....reaction to join monomers to build polymers.
Dehydration reaction in which an OH(hydroxyl group) and a H (hydrogen atom) are removed as the reaction proceeds .
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To degrade polymers, the cell uses ....
Hydrolysis in which the components of water are added.
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.....function for quick fuel and short term energy storage in all organism
Carbohydrates
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Carbohydrates play structural role in ......, .......and animals such as ......
Woody plants, bacteria and insects
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What is monosaccharide or simple sugar?
If the number of carbon atoms low(from 3-7), then the carbohydrate is simple sugar
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What's a 5 carbon monosaccharide called?
Pentode
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What a six carbon monosaccharide called?
Hexose
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What's the name of hexose monosaccharide found in our blood?
Glucose
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What's the hexose found in fruits?
Fructose
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What's the hexose found in milk?
Galactose
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What shape is the structure of glucose, fructose, and galactose? What's the formula?
Ring structure | C6H12O6
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What's a disaccharide?
When two monosaccharide combine in a dehydration reaction disaccharide is formed
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What's formed when two glucose bond in a dehydration reaction?
Disaccharide named maltose
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What disaccharide is formed when glucose and fructose join?
Sucrose
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What disaccharide is formed when glucose and galactose bond?
Lactose
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What's polysaccharide?
Long polymers that contain many glucose subunits Examples: starch, glycogen and cellulose
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What is the storage form of glucose in plants?
Starch
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What's the storage form of glucose in animals ?
Glycogen
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What's the polysaccharide found on plants' cell wall?
Cellulose
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What's the structural polysaccharide found in exoskeleton of crab?
Chitin
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....are of animal origin and its solid in room temperature Fat or oil?
Fat
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.....are of plant origin and liquid at room temperature. Oils or fats?
Oils
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What are functions of fat in the body?
1. long-term energy storage 2. Insulation against heat loss 3. protecting organs
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Fats and oils form when one ....molecule reacts with three ...molecules.
Glycerol | Fatty acid
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A fat molecule is sometimes called ....because of its three part structure.
Triglyceride
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Gallbladder
كيسه صفرا
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Addition of ...allows the hydrophobic fats and oils to mix with water.
Emulsifier
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When in fatty acids, carbon chain hold all the hydrogen they can, and don't have double covalent carbon bond between carbon atoms they are called....
Saturated fatty acids
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When fatty acids have double bonds between carbon atoms they are called ....
Unsaturated fatty acids
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Are unsaturated fatty acids liquid or solid in room temperature?
Liquid
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What are two types of unsaturated fats?
Cis and trans
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What's are trans fats?
In trans fats hydrogen atoms are on the opposite side of the double bond between carbon atoms
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What are steroid hormones made of?
Cholesterol
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What's the male sex hormone?
Testosterone
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What's female sex hormone?
Estrogen
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Proteins are polymers composed of monomers called ....
Amino acids
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What's is amino acid composed of ?
1. Central carbon bonded with hydrogen 2. amino group (NH2) 3. acidic group ( COOH) 4. R group
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What's the protein that makes up nail and hair?
Keratin
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Protein that that supports tendons ligaments and skin
Collagen
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2 Protein that cause muddle contractions?
Myosin and actin
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....is a protein in our blood that transports oxygen
Hemoglobin
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When two amino acids join together they form a ....
Di peptide
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What are four levels of protein organization ?
1. Primary structure 2. Secondary structure 3. Tertiary structure 4. quaternary structure
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What's primary structure of protein organization?
Amino acid join through peptide bonding to form polypeptide
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Explain the secondary structure of protein organization .
Polypeptides join through hydrogen bonding to form alpha helix or beta pleated sheet
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How the tertiary structure is formed ?
Due to covalent bond between R groups the polypeptide folds and twists
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How quaternary structure occurs?
When two or more polypeptide join to form a single protein
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What are the two types of nucleic acids?
DNA ( deoxyribonucleic aci) RNA ( ribonucleic acid)
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What's are the subunits of nucleotide ?
Phosphate A pentose sugar A nitrogen containing base
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Which one has deoxyribose sugar? DNA or. RNA?
DNA
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What's the sugar in RNA?
Ribose
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What are the four bases in DNA?
Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine
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What are the four bases in RNA?
Adenine Uracil Guanine Cytosine
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What kind of bond hold the two strands of DNA together?
Hydrogen bond between the bases
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In DNA structure, thymine always bonds with ....
Adenine
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In DNA structure Cytosine always bond with ....
Guanine
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What's the energy currency of the cell?
ATP
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What's does ATP stand for?
Adenosine triphosphate
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What's is ATP composed of?
Adenosine and triphosphate
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What's is adenosine composed of?
Adenine+ribose
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How is ADP formed?
When the terminal phosphate bond of ATP is broken leaving the ADP and a molecule of inorganic phosphate
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Reaction of changing ATP to ADP is hydrolysis or dehydration ?
Hydrolysis

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