The Bare Necessities of Life
Chemistry of Life
Biomolecules ~ Carbohydrates & Lipids
Biomolecules ~
Proteins & Nucleic Acids
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The three domains of life.

What is Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya (BAE)?

100

The top 4 elements in the human body.

What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen (CHON)?

100

Two Part Question:

(1) Monomers of carbohydrates.

(2) Polymers of carbohydrates.

What are (1) monosaccharides and (2) polysaccharides?

100

Two Part Question:

(1) Monomers of proteins.

(2) Monomers of nucleic acids.

What are (1) amino acids and (2) nucleotides?

100

A giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules usually by a similar pattern.  Carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids fall under this classification.

What is macromolecules?

200

Two Part Question:

(1) Characteristics based on physical appearance.

(2) Characterized by genes. 

(1) What is phenotype?

(2) What is genotype?

200

Two Part Question:

(1) The number that tells you the number of protons in an element.

(2) The number that tells you the number of protons and neutrons in an element. 

What is (1) the Atomic Number and (2) the Atomic Mass?

200

This class of biomolecule does not have true polymers and is classified as non-polymeric.

What are lipids?

200

Two Part Question:

(1) Polymers of nucleic acids.

(2) Polymers of proteins.

What are (1) polynucleotides and (2) polypeptides?

200

Two Part Question:

(1) The act of removing water to join monomers into polymers.

(2) The act of adding water to break polymers into monomers.

What is (1) dehydration reaction and (2) hydrolysis?

300

The taxonomy rankings used in binomial nomenclature.

What is genus and species?
300

The max number of electrons in shell 1, shell 2, and shell 3.

What is 2 (shell 1), 8 (shell 2), and 8 (shell 3)

300

The molecular formula is CnH2nOn

What are carbohydrates?

300

Bonds and interactions are destroyed; due to the loss of structure the molecule loses its function.  Some causes include a change in pH, temperature, and the use of chemicals.

What is denaturation? 

300

Two Part Question:

(1) Molecules that hate water, they are neutral, and contain non-polar covalent bonds.

(2) Molecules that like water, they are ionic, and contain polar covalent bonds. 

What is (1) hydrophobic and (2) hydrophilic?

400

The 7 properties of life.

What is (1) Sensitivity/Response to the Environment, (2) Reproduction, (3) Evolve and Adaptation, (4) Growth and Development, (5) Regulation/Homeostasis, (6) Process Energy, and (7) Order

400

Three Part Question:

(1) A bond that shares a pair of electrons.

(2) A bond that completely transfers an electron. (one gains and one loses)

(3) A bond between partially charged hydrogens and another partially charged atom (O or N). 

What is (1) a covalent bond, (2) a ionic bond, and (3) hydrogen bond?

400

Three Part Question:

(1) This class of lipids consists of unsaturated fats, saturated fats, and trans fats.

(2) This class of lipids are the primary composition of the cell membranes bilayer.  They have a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head.

(3) This class of lipids consists of four fused rings.

What are (1) fats, (2) phospholipids, and (3) steroids?

400

Two Part Question:

(1) Adenine and guanine fall under this classification.  They have two rings.

(2) Cytosine, thymine (DNA), and uracil (RNA) fall under this classification.  They all have one ring.

What are (1) purines and (2) pyrimidines?

400

An attraction of a particular atom for the electron of a covalent bond.

What is electronegativity? 

500

The taxonomic ranks (does not need to be in order)

What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species? 

500

Water's life-supporting properties like cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat, and less dense as ice are due to this.

What is hydrogen bonds?

500

These molecules have the same formula but different arrangement.  Since, structure dictates function.

What are isomers? 

500

This type of molecule breaks polymers into monomers and are the most important protein.

What are enzymes?

500

Two Part Question:

(1) An atom of an element that has gained or lost neutrons.  This does not change the charge but it changes the atomic mass.

(2) An atom of an element that has gained or lost electrons.  This changes the charge but does not change the atomic mass.

What is (1) an isotope and (2) an ion?