Critical Carbons
This form of carbon consists of hydrogen and only one carbon
What is Hydrocarbon
The three types of fossil fuels
What are coal, natural gas, and petroleum
Biochemistry deals with the chemistry of what?
What is living things
Name two of the most important biochemical reactions relating to food
What are photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Biophysics combines the study of physics and biology in order to examine what?
This 3-D form of carbon is strong, compact, and rigid. It has a hardness of 10 because no other natural substance is harder than it is.
What is diamond
This element primarily makes up fossil fuels
What is carbon
All biochemical compounds contain these 3 elements:
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
Our bodies release energy from _____ in controlled chemical reactions within our cells
What is fat
When you are on a spinning ride, the walls of the ride keep you from flying off. What would cause you to fly off if the walls weren't there?
What is inertia
The bonds in the compound of this form of hydrocarbon are all single bonds.
What is saturated hydrocarbon
This fossil fuel, containing mostly the same gas produced by a cow's stomach, burns cleaner than coal and with much less soot.
What is natural gas
All biochemical compounds can be grouped in what four main classes
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
This protein catalyst is essential to food digestion and cellular respiration
What is enzymes
The pressure exerted downwards on an airplane wing by the air above it is less than the pressure exerted upwards from the air below it. This is called what?
What is lift
Another name for this type of hydrocarbon is an alkane.
What is saturated hydrocarbon
This fossil fuel is formed mostly from the remains of marine animals such as plankton and algae
What is petroleum
Without this biomolecule, living things would not have the energy they need to survive
What is glucose
This substance is needed in forming the enzymes required for cellular respiration
What is vitamin B
A forensics engineer is called to a car accident scene. After determining the amount of friction which caused the cart to stop, he or she can estimate the ______
What is speed of the car before the driver hit the brakes
This type of hydrocarbon contains one or more double bonds, and their names end in -ene
What are Alkenes (or unsaturated hydrocarbons)
When hydrocarbons of fossil fuels are burned in the presence of adequate oxygen, this is called ____
What is complete combustion
This class of biochemical compounds regulates life process and defends against infections
What are proteins
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are related in this important way
What is the products of one are the reactants of the other
Name three types of technology that biophysicists have developed to help patients with heart problems
What are cardiac defibrillators, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves