Chemistry II
Biomolecules II
Lipids
Misc.
Proteins
100
This type of bond forms when electrons are gained and lost.
What is an ionic bond?
100
This is the carbohydrate responsible for the rigid structure of plant cell walls
What is cellulose?
100
This process is used by food manufacturers to solidify unsaturated fatty acids.
What is hydrogenation?
100
This molecule is often referred to as the energy currency of cells.
What is ATP?
100
Amino acids contain these two functional groups.
What is an amine group and a carboxylic acid?
200
A solution with a higher concentration of hydrogen ions than hydroxide ions can be described as this.
What is acidic?
200
This term describes organic molecules that have the same molecular formula, but different structures.
What are isomers?
200
Saturated fats have this number of double bonds.
What is zero?
200
This nitrogenous base is only found in RNA.
What is uracil?
200
Hemoglobin contains four polypeptides, which is an example of this level of protein structure.
What is quaternary structure?
300
This form of an element can be useful in medicine and research as it releases energy as it decays.
What is a radioactive isotope?
300
Each 'rung' of the DNA ladder contains one of each of these types of nitrogen-containing bases.
What is a purine and a pyrimidine?
300
The presence of this type of lipid on the surface of leaves helps them retain moisture.
What are waxes?
300
A neutral solution has equal concentrations of these two ions.
What are hydrogen and hydroxide ions?
300
This is the name of the bond that forms between two amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
400
This the goal of atoms forming chemical bonds.
What is to satisfy the octet rule?
400
These two monosaccharides are found in nucleic acids.
What are ribose and deoxyribose?
400
Cholesterol, estrogen and testosterone are examples of this type of lipid.
What are steroids?
400
These are the four kingdoms in Domain Eukarya
What are Protists, Fungi, Plants and Animals?
400
Secondary structure of proteins involves the coiling and folding of polypeptides into these two shapes.
What are alpha helices and beta pleated sheets?
500
In this Ukraine city, an accident at a nuclear power plant resulted in high rates of thyroid cancer decades later.
What is Chernobyl?
500
Animals store glucose as this complex carbohydrate.
What is glycogen?
500
Because of these two structures of phospholipids, these molecules orient themselves into a bilayer.
What are the polar head and the nonpolar tail?
500
This is the number of naturally occurring elements.
What is 92?
500
The function of a protein is directly related to this.
What is its structure?
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