Chemistry of Life
Macromolecules
Enzymes
Cell Membrane
Photosynthesis
100
This type of molecule allows for oxygen to be more electronegative than hydrogen, leading to an unequal distribution of electrons
What is polar molecules
100
These are the four (4) macromolecules
What is proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.
100
This is a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction
What is an enzyme
100
Which macromolecule is the major structure of the plasma membrane
What is lipids
100
These are the two (2) products of photosynthesis
What is glucose and oxygen
200
This is a collection of hydrogen bonds that hold water molecules.
What is cohesion
200
This macromolecule stores all hereditary information and carries protein-coding instructions.
What is nucleic acids
200
(True or False) - "Enzymes change shape after a reaction?"
What is false
200
This is a molecule moving from an area of high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion
200
These are the factors needed for photosynthesis to occur (3 factors)
What is carbon dioxide, light and water
300
The slight negative charge at one end of one water molecule is attracted to the slight positive charge of another water molecule.
What is hydrogen bonds
300
This is the semipermeable barrier that protects the cell and all that is enclosed in it.
What is plasma membrane
300
(Fill in the blank) "Raising the temperature slightly will ____________________ the rate of a reaction A) increase B) decrease C) not change
What is increase
300
Why don't plant cells burst
What is plant cells have cell walls
300

This cycle of photosynthesis occurs in the stroma 

What is Light Independent Reaction (Calvin Cycle)

400
This property explains the ability of a water strider to walk on water
What is surface tension
400

This is a reaction in which two (2) molecules become covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a small molecule, usually water.

What is dehydration synthesis

400

This compound has carbon bonded to other atoms and determine structure/function of living things

What is hydro-carbons

400

The movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low

What osmosis

400

(Fill in the blank) "Chlorophyll and other pigments involved in the absorption of solar energy reside within the _________ ____________ of chloroplasts"

What is thylakoid 

500

The name of an individual subunit of a macromolecule 

What is a monomer

500

The atomic ratios of this macromolecule are C- 1, H- 12, O- 6

What is glucose

500

When two (2) compounds come together to produce water

What is hydrolysis

500

The use of aquaporins

What is to move water through 

500
When water is struck by a photon and is split into Hydrogen, oxygen and electrons 

What is photolysis?

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