Which is a bigger, MONOMER or POLYMER?
What is polymer?
What are the charges of protons, neutrons and electrons respectively (meaning in that order).
What is +1, 0, -1
The monomer of a protein is called
what is amino acids?
What macromolecule does an enzyme fall under?
What is a protein?
What kind of bond has an UNEQUAL sharing of electrons?
What is a polar bond?
What term means "afraid of water" such as a fat, oil or wax?
What is hydrophobic?
Where are the electrons found?
What is outside of the nucleus?
Nucleotides, such as DNA and RNA, make up the following macromolecule?
What are Nucleic Acids?
A substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction is called ________________
what is a catalyst?
Attraction between molecules of the same substance is called......
What is cohesion?
What is the function of nucleic acids? (What does DNA do?)
What is DNA stores genetic information.
What do we call atoms of the same element, but different atomic masses?
What is isotopes?
Organic compounds are composed of which 2 elements?
What is Carbon and Hydrogen?
True or false: ENZYMES ARE CATALYSTS
What is true?
True or false:
Solid water (ice) is less dense than liquid water meaning it floats. This is caused by something called LATTICE FORMATION
What is TRUE?
What are the 3 jobs of lipids?
1. Long term energy storage
2. Insulation
3. Make up cell membranes
What is the atomic number?
What is a peptide bond?
What is called when an enzyme loses shape due to extreme temperature or pH change, can no longer bind to substrate and undergo catalysis
(Think of scrambling an egg on a hot skillet).
what is denature?
A __________bond is formed by the attraction of a hydrogen atom on one molecule, and an atom on another polar molecule.
This is what is responsible for most of water's special properties.
What is a hydrogen bond?
What is the job of a protein? (Name only one)
Build muscle or control rates of reactions
Which number tells us the mass number on the isotope? (Top or Bottom)
What is the top number?
Starch, glycogen and cellulose are all examples of what? (Hint* Falls under types of Carbohydrates)
What is Polysaccharides?
These substances in cells prevent dramatic changes in pH.
What is a buffer?
The property of water that allows capillary action to take place, attraction between two different substances is called...........
what is adhesion?