Intro & Chemistry
Steps of the Scientific Method
What is: Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Monomers of Carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides
The differences between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
What are: Saturated is solid and room temperature and has single bonds; unsaturated is liquid at room temperature and has double and/or triple bond(s).
Monomers of proteins
What are amino acids?
The monomers of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
Organization of life.
What is: Atoms; Molecules; Macromolecules; Organelles; Cells; Tissues; Organs and organ systems; Organisms, populations, and communities; Ecosystems; Biosphere
General C:H:O ratio.
What is 1:2:1
The functions of lipids.
What are: Long-term energy storage; Serve as building blocks for some hormones; Provide insulation from the environment for plants/animals; Important component of cellular membranes
The four functions of proteins
What are regulatory, structural, transport, and enzymes
The full name of DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
The difference between polar and nonpolar covalent bonds.
What is polar bonds have unequal sharing of electrons, and nonpolar bonds have equal sharing of electrons
What is dehydration synthesis
The types of Lipids.
What are Fats, Oils, Waxes, Phospholipids, Steroids
The general structure of an amino acid.
What is a carboxyl group, amino group, central carbon atom, hydrogen, side chain
The three places nucleic acids are found.
What are the nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria?
_____ have a low pH, while ________ have a high pH.
What is acids;bases
The difference between aldoses and ketoses.
What is aldoses have a carbonyl group on the end, while ketoses have a carbonyl group in the middle of the structure
The bond that joins Triacylglycerols.
What is an ester bond
Bonds that link amino acids
What are peptide bonds
The general structure of a nucleotide.
What is a nitrogen base, a phosphate group, and a 5-carbon sugar?
List of functional groups that confer specific properties to hydrocarbons
What is
Hydroxyl (polar)
Carboxyl (charged)
Amino (charged)
Phosphate (charged)
Methyl (nonpolar)
Carbonyl (polar)
Sulfhydryl (polar)
The bond that holds together disaccharides.
The number of water molecules are released during the synthesis of Triacylglycerol.
What is 3
how peptide bonds are formed.
What is dehydration synthesis
The central dogma.
What is DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is translated into proteins?