Cell-ebrities & Snackromolecules
This molecule stores genetic information and looks like a twisted ladder.
What is DNA?
A molecule made of two sugars joined together, like sucrose, is called this.
What is a disaccharide?
This process in living things breaks down food to release energy for cells.
What is metabolic respiration?
This type of reaction releases heat energy into its surroundings.
What is an exothermic reaction?
This reaction (NO à NO2) is commonly called _______.
What is brown air?
In DNA, adenine always pairs with this base.
What is thymine?
During protein production, ribosomes perform this process using RNA instructions.
What is translation?
These biological catalysts help speed up reactions in the body without being used up.
What are enzymes?
This type of reaction has more energy in the products than the reactants.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This device reduces nitrogen oxides in the atmospheric N2.
What is a catalytic converter?
The process where DNA is copied into RNA is called this.
What is transcription?
This many bases code for an amino acid
What are 3?
This is the minimum amount of energy needed to start a chemical reaction.
What is activation energy?
The breakdown of molecules in our cells to release energy with exothermic reactions.
What is catabolism?
Warming after an Ice Age after the Flood
What is the young Earth theory?
These are a 6-carbon sugar.
What are monosaccharides?
These macromolecules are made mostly of carbon and hydrogen, do not dissolve well in water, and include fats and oils.
What are lipids?
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently changed is called this.
What is a catalyst?
Reactants collide to form this.
What is the transition state?
This type of smog forms when sunlight reacts with pollutants from cars and factories.
What is photochemical smog?