Matter
What are the 2 basic components of life?
Matter & Energy
What are the 2 types of energy
Kinetic, Potential
T/F? Organic Compounds aren't not essential to life?
True
What 3 elements do carbohydrates contain?
C,H,O
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What 3 things do atoms consist of?
Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
Definition of Energy?
The ability to do work or to cause a change
Difference between organic and inorganic chemistry?
organic - plants & animals, inorganic
inorganic - minerals
give 1 of the 3 types of carbohydrates?
Mono, Di, Polysaccharides
What does RNA stand for
Ribonucleic acid
What are the 2 types of chemical bonding?
Ionic & Covalent
What is the difference between endothermic energy and exothermic energy
endo absorbs heat, exo gives off heat.
Organic Compounds - they contain covalently bonded ___________ atoms
Carbon
Difference between Lipids and Carbohydrates
Lipids store more energy
___________ are the units which DNA is composed of.
Nucleotides
What is the difference between Ionic & Covalent Bonding?
Ionic transfers electrons, Covalent shares electrons
____________ is the increase and loss of usable energy.
Entropy
What is the amount of element atoms in table sugar?
C__H__O__
C6H12O6
T/F? Lipids are a group of organic substances that are highly soluble in water.
Nucleotides contain what three things? S_____, P________, B_______
Sugar, Phosphate, Base
Give 1 of the 3 things that happens when there is a chemical change?
What does the 1st Law of Thermodynamics say?
In any process, energy is neither created nor destroyed
Give 1 of the 3 reasons why Organic Compounds are important
Structural, enzymatic, storage
Give an example of a lipid?
Fatty acids, Steroids, Estrogen, testosterone, cholestorol
Give 2 difference between DNA & RNA
DNA is double helix, RNA single helix
DNA has Thymine, RNA has Uracil (different base)
DNA has one more O, than RNA
DNA found in Nucleus, RNA in Nuc and Cyto
DNA is stable, RNA unstable