This is living!
This is the world's fastest land animal capable of reaching speeds of 112 km/h (70 mph).
What is "A Cheetah"?
Page 495, figure 14.1
This compound is composed of only two elements; carbon and hydrogen.
What are "Hydrocarbons"?
Page 497, 1st paragraph.
Fossil fuels are composed mainly of the remains of these two biological materials.
What are "Plant and Animal (Matter)"?
Page 502, 1st paragraph.
It is the study of chemistry in life!
What is "Biochemistry"?
Page 504, 1st paragraph.
Plants are green due to this chemical that is used to absorb light form the sun as energy.
What is "Chlorophyll"?
Page 506, 1st paragraph.
This started out as the study of carbon containing compounds that only organisms produce.
What is "Organic Chemistry"?
Page 496, 2nd paragraph blue text.
What is "A Straight-Chain Molecule"?
Page 499, Infographic 14.2
This type of fuel, made up mostly of decomposed marine organisms, is a desirable fuel source due to how clean it burns and produces low soot.
What is "Natural Gas.
Page 502, Figure 14.7
This is a large molecule that is made out of many smaller molecules joined together by covalent bonds.
What are "Polymers"?
Page 504, Blue text.
These are used to break down food to release energy stored in the bonds of biochemical matter we ingest as food.
What are "Enzymes"?
Page 507, figure 14.12
The field of science that uses theories related to physics to explain biological systems.
What is "Biophysics"?
Page 495, 2nd paragraph.
Properties of hydrocarbons, such as boiling and melting points, depend on these two things.
What are "The number of carbon atoms and how they are arranged"?
Page 498, 3rd paragraph.
This occurs when there is not enough oxygen mixed with fossil fuels leaving a deadly gas behind.
What is "Incomplete combustion"?
Page 503, 3rd paragraph.
Commonly found as animal fats or oils in plants, these biochemical compound's purpose is to store energy.
What are "Lipids"?
Page 505, Table 14.1
Your body needs this to make heat, maintain a steady body temperature, move muscles, and to do everything that keeps you alive.
What is "energy"?
Page 507, think about this.
Without these two things, living organisms would not exist.
What are "Matter and Energy"?
Page 495, 2nd paragraph.
This type of hydrocarbon is know for having double or triple bonded carbon atoms and not having the maximum number of hydrogen atoms bonded.
What are "Unsaturated Hydrocarbons"?
Page 500, 1st paragraph.
These are the primary products produced when there is sufficient oxygen available when burning fossil fuels.
What are "carbon dioxide and water"?
Page 503, 2nd paragraph.
All biochemical compounds contain these three elements. Name at least two of them.
What are "Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen"?
Page 504, 2nd paragraph.
This is needed to produce certain types of enzymes, is obtained from food and is responsible for growth, development and repair to all body tissues.
What is "Vitamin C"?
Page 507, 3rd paragraph.
This form of carbon bonds in widely spaced layers making molecules of it slippery and easy to slide against each other. These properties make it an ideal lubricant for metal moving parts in machinery.
What is "Graphite"?
Page 497, Infographic 14.3
This unsaturated hydrocarbon chemical is present in fruits in vegetables which causes the ripening process to speed up.
What is "Ethene"?
Page 501, Infographic 14.3
This liquid fossil fuel is made up of marine animals like plankton and algae and is a long, branched alkane and alkene hydrocarbons. Products made from this range from gasoline to vasoline.
What is "Petroleum"?
Page 503, 1st paragraph.
Even though there are millions of biochemical conmpounds, they are all grouped into these 4 main classes. (Name at least two)
What are "Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids"?
Page 504, 5th paragraph.
Lab 14.1 involved iodine, a vitamin C tablet and many, many drops to measure which juices had the highest vitamin C content. This one was the winner!
What is "The Vitamin C Tablet (of course!)"?
Page 508, lab procedures.