Biochemistry
Biochemistry 2
Bonds
DNA and RNA
DNA and RNA 2
100
What are the six most essential elements (CHNOPS)
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
100
Number of atoms of each element in a molecule
What is subscript
100
Atom or molecule with an electrical charge resulting from a gain or loss of one or more electrons; metal to nonmetals that transfer electrons
What is ion
100
Blueprint of life and contains the instructions for making proteins within the cells
What is DNA
100
rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA
What is rRNA = ribosomes tRNA = bus (carries amino acids) mRNA = messenger RNA (brings messages to ribosomes outside of the nucleus)
200
Molecules made from more than one type of atom
What is compound
200
Subatomic particle with a positive charge that is found in the center of the nucleus
What is proton
200
Atoms of opposite charge are ___________ to each other
What is attracted
200
Shape of DNA, like a twisted ladder
What is double helix
200
Genetic word that represents one amino acid
What is codon
300
Made of atoms that have combined chemically
What is molecules
300
Subatomic particle with a negative charge and are distributed throughout _________ shells
What is electron
300
Strongest bonds between nonmetal and nonmetal that share valence electrons
What is covalent bond
300
Sugar in DNA and sugar in RNA
What is deoxyribose and ribose
300
Which bases go together?
What is Adenine-Thymine, Cytosine-Guanine, Adenine-Uracil (RNA)
400
Smallest unit of an element that still has the chemical properties of that element
What is atom
400
Protons = electrons = ? Protons + neutrons = ?
What is atomic number and atomic mass
400
Weakest, yet most important and common of all bonds where a partially positive hydrogen atom bonds with a partially negative hydrogen atom
What is hydrogen bonds
400
Building blocks or monomer of DNA; sugar and phosphate form the backbone of DNA and bases form rungs
What is nucleotides
400
Single ring bases and what are they Double ring bases and what are they
What is pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine Purines are adenine and guanine
500
Substances that cannot be broken down chemically into simpler substances
What are elements
500
Same element with different number of neutrons (neutral charge)
What is isotope
500
Covalent bonds that share electrons equally and are hydrophobic Covalent bonds that share electrons unequally and are hydrophilic
What is Non-polar and polar
500
What does DNA stand for? What does RNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Ribonucleic Acid
500
Four nitrogenous bases of DNA and four bases of RNA
What is adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine adenine, uracil, cytosine, and guanine