Life of Carbon
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
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100
Carbon's 2 most important properties.
What is an ability to create 4 bonds, and unique bonding patterns?
100
A hydrocarbon chain that makes up a lipid.
What is a fatty acid?
100
The process of combining two monomers to create a polymer while having water as a bi-product.
What is dehydration synthesis?
100
Nucleotides.
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
100
It is long distance chemical signaling from one organ/tissue to another.
What is a hormone?
200
A molecule made up of only hydrogen and carbon.
What is a hydrocarbon?
200
They store three times the energy as protein or carbs.
Why are hydrocarbons used as building block in lipids?
200
Glucose.
What is the main carbohydrate used in cellular respiration?
200
RNA uses ribonucleic acid, while DNA uses deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is the main difference between RNA and DNA?
200
They are categorized by the number of rings they have.
How are nitrogenous bases categorized?
300
In organisms.
Where is the majority of carbon found?
300
Natural peanut butter contains saturated fat, while Jiff has trans fat.
What is the main difference between Jiff peanut butter and natural/organic peanut butter?
300
Pasta is a carb which means it could be used for quick release of energy.
Why do swimmers consume pasta before a swim meet?
300
It is an energy carrier and allows a lot of energy to be unlocked when a P bond is broken.
Why is ATP so important?
300
The three components are the phosphate group the 5C sugar and the ATP.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
400
The reason carbon essential to life.
What is a backbone element and a structural core?
400
1. Energy storage 2. Insulation 3. Cushion
What are the three functions of fat?
400
Cellulose.
What carbohydrate is used for structure in plant cell walls?
400
A sugar/phosphate backbone with complementary bases; -AT -CG
What is the general structure for DNA?
400
1. Proteins 2. Carbohydrates 3. Lipids 4. Nucleic Acids
What 4 macromolecules contribute to life?
500
It is an allotrope.
What is a substance made of one element? Ex:diamonds, buckyballs, graphite.
500
An example would be a phospholipid because it is a molecule which has both polar and non polar parts.
What is an example of an anamphipathic molecule?
500
Sucrose or table sugar.
What is another name for glucose+fructose?
500
They are bonded by hydrogen bonds, which is important because it takes less energy to "unzip" the DNA strand.
What kinds of bonds are formed between complementary bases and how is this important.
500
They have 2 components, phosphate, and fatty acids. The phosphate is hydrophilic (polar) and the fatty acids are hydrophobic (non polar).
Why are phospholipids polar?
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