Carbon + Chemical Reactions
Carbon is special because it can form ___ bonds (#)
4
Where do plants get their energy?
The sun
The monomer of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Enzymes are this macromolecule
Protein
Ms. Silance's favorite theme park
Disneyland
The molecules that enter a reaction are called
Reactants
Biological catalysts in the body
Enzymes
The function of lipids
Long term energy
When a substrate is within the enzyme, this is called the
Enzyme-substrate complex
What is the name of the enzyme that converts carbohydrates to simple sugars in your mouth?
Salivary amylase
What are the four giant carbon based molecules?
carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins
What is a catalyst?
A molecule that speeds up the rate of the reaction by lowering the activation energy
An example of a protein
Enzymes
The substrate enters the enzyme at this location
the active site
What happens when an enzyme is denatured?
The enzyme loses its shape and therefore loses its function
What is the difference between subscripts and coefficients?
Subscripts - # of atoms within a molecule
Coefficients - total # of molecules
The energy required for a chemical reaction to start
activation energy
This makes nucleotides different from one another
Nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, uracil)
When an enzyme no longer performs its function, it can be said that the enzyme is this
What sport did Ms. Silance play in college?
Lacrosse
The process by which large carbon molecules are synthesized (general name of the reaction)
Polymerization
Energy is defined as
the ability to do work
a peptide bond
What does Lactase do?
Break down lactose into glucose and galactose
Presence or absence of a C=C double bond in the fatty acid chain