Critical Carbons
This form of carbon consists of hydrogen and only one carbon.
HYDROCARBON
The three types of fossil fuels are _______
Coal, Natural Gas & Petroleum
Biochemistry deals with the chemistry of ______
Living things
Name two of the most important biochemical reactions relating to food
Photosynthesis & cellular respiration
Biophysics combines the study of physics and biology in order to exam what
Cells, organisms, & ecosystems
This 3-D form of carbon is strong, compact, and rigid. It has a hardness of 10 b/c no other natural substance is harder than it
Diamond
This element primarily makes up fossil fuels
Carbons or Hydrocarbons
All biochemical compounds contain these 3 elements:_____
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Our bodies release energy from ______ in controlled chemical reactions within our cells
Fat
When you are on a spinning ride, the walls of the ride keep you from flying off. What would cause you to fly off if the walls weren’t there
Inertia
The bonds in the compound of this form of hydrocarbon are all single bonds
Saturated Hydrocarbon
This fossil fuel, containing mostly the same gas produced by a cow’s stomach, burns cleaner than coal and with much less soot
Natural Gas
All biochemical compounds can be grouped in these 4 main classes: ______
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids
This protein catalyst is essential to food digestion and cellular respiration
Enyzmes
The pressure exerted downwards on an airplane wing by the air above it is less than the pressure exerted upwards from the air below it. This is called
Lift
Paraffin wax candles are this type of hydrocarbon
Saturated Hydrocarbon
This fossil fuel is formed mostly from the remains of marine animals such as plankton and algae
Petroleum
Without this biomolecule, living things would not have the energy they need to survive
Glucose
This substance is needed in forming the enzymes required for cellular respiration
Vitamin B
A forensics engineer is called to a car accident scene. After determining the amount of friction which caused the car to stop, he or she can estimate the _______.
Speed of the car before the driver hit the brakes
This type of hydrocarbon contains one or more double bonds, and their names end in -ene
Unsaturated hydrocarbon
When hydrocarbons of fossil fuels are burned in the presence of adequate oxygen, this is called ____?
Complete Combustion
This class of biochemical compounds regulates life processes and defends against infections(keeps immune system strong)
Proteins
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are related in this important way
The products of one are the reactants of the other
Name three types of technology that biophysicists have developed to help patients with heart problems
Cardiac defibrillators, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves