Carbon/pH
What is carbon attached to hydrogen.
What elements are found in water?
What is hydrogen and oxygen (2:1)
The monomer of a carbohydrate
What is a monosaccharide.
The monomer of a nucleic acid
What is a nucleotide
An enzyme is classified as this type of macromolecule.
What is a protein.
A solution containing a large amount of H+ ions is considered what?
What is acidic.
What is the pH of water?
What is 7.0
The building blocks of a lipid
What is 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids
The monomer of a protein
What is an amino acid
This determines the function of an enzyme.
What is the shape.
Which is more basic?
pH of 8.3
or
pH of 4.9
What is 8.3
Water is considered sticky. What is the term that describes water molecules sticking together to form a droplet?
What is cohesion.
The function of carbohydrates
What is quick energy
This is considered the most diverse of the four macromolecules
What is proteins
Enzymes help speed up chemical reactions by lowering _______________.
What is activation energy.
Carbon can bond with up to four other atoms at the same time, because it has four what?
What is Valence electrons
A spoonful of salt is added to water, forming a solution. Which is the solvent in this case?
What is water.
Daily Double*
What is the salt considered in the solution?
The function of lipids
What is long term energy, insulation, chemical transport, water repellent
This molecule carries genetic information
What is nucleic acids
The location on an enzyme where the substrate attaches, where the reaction takes place.
What is the active site.
Carbon is found in which of the four types of macromolecules?
What is all of them.
Controlling pH is important for homeostasis. What is a solution that does this called?
What is a buffer?
A fatty acid with no double bonds in its' structure, appearing as a straight molecule.
What is a saturated FA.
The structure of this molecule contains an amino group, a carboxyl group, and an R' side chain.
What is an amino acid.
Name two factors that can denature an enzyme.
What is ________ and __________.
Daily Double
Name the other two factors that can denature an enzyme.