Basics of Chem
The mass of an element is found by adding the protons and ____________.
What are neutrons?
The monomer of carbohydrates are called _________.
What are monosaccharides?
Amino acids come together to form polypeptides through a specific type of bond. What is it called?
What is a peptide bond?
Water acts as an amazing solvent, and can dissolve most biological molecules. This is due to its ________.
What is polarity?
The atomic number represents the number of _______ in an atom.
What are protons?
The pH of an acid must be under ____.
What is 7?
Plants and animals store their sugars in different ways. The main carbohydrate storage for plants is ______.
What is starch?
The ___ group of amino acids determine many of its specific properties.
What is "R"?
Water has a great ability to stick to other substances. This is referred to as ________. (Bonus: What about its ability to stick to itself?)
When two elements bond by sharing their electrons it is called a __________ bond.
What is covalen?
The definition of pH is -log[H+]. How does one calculate pOH? (bonus: what is the pOH of an acid? base? +200)
What is 7?
These kinds of lipids form what is known as a "lipid bilayer" when placed in aqueous solution.
What are phospholipids?
This level of protein structure is not present in all types of proteins.
What is quarternary structure?
Because ice is less _____ than liquid water, it can float and insulate water underneath it to keep organisms alive.
What is dense?
Hydrogen bonds occur most between Hydrogen and the atoms ____, ____ and ____.
What are FON (Flouride, Oxygen, Nitrogen)?
Sometimes, in pure water, two molecules will collide in a forceful way that results in two ions forming. The first is a negatively charged OH group. The other is the result of one water molecule acting in an acidic manner and stealing an H atom from the other. This new ion is called a _________.
What is hydronium ion?
These kinds of fats are considered worse for you than saturated and unsaturated fats. (+200) What is the structure? (+200)
What are trans fats?
The two purines are known as ____ and _____.
What are adenine and guanine?
One of water's emergent properties is its ability to absorb large amounts of heat without a significant change in temperature. The exact term for this emergent property is _______________.
What is high heat capacity?
This functional group is found in amino acids and is the reason for their acidic properties.
What is a carboxylic acid? (carboxyl group)
In all aqueous solutions, [H+][OH-] = _____.
What is 10^-14?
The starch found in plants' cell walls that allows for extra strength due to its highly rigid structure is called _________.
What is cellulose?
The only non-chiral amino acid is this one. What is its full structure?
What is glycine?
The measure of how difficult it is to break the surface or something is referred to as its ____________.
What is surface tension?