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Lab Exam #2

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Erlenmeyer flask   Funny shape-enclosed funnel  
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organic chemistry   study of carbon and carbon containing compounds  
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hydrocarbons   Organic molecules consisting of only two elements, hydrogen and carbon  
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Hydrocarbons are ____ polar - are they water soluble?   Nonpolar - NOT water soluble  
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hydrocarbons have relatively _____ melting and boiling points--they are volatile   LOW melting and boiling points  
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Alkanes   Single bonded carbons with hydrogens saturating any bond not used by carbon  
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Alkenes   alkenes-tweens-twins - have DOUBLE bonds (at least one pair)  
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Alkynes   hydrocarbons with at least 1 pair shring a triple bond  
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Aromatics   hydrocarbons that have a benzene ring - a 6 carbon ring structure with alternating double bonds  
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benzene ring   Aromatic structure  
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nucleotide   macromolecule containing a suger (deoxyribose) a phosphate & a nitrogen base  
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eukaryotic cells   You-care cells (plants and animals) have a nucleus  
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prokaryotic cells   Bacteria - do not have a nucleus  
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plasma membrane   Cells are composed of layers (remember blue sticks with white heads floating in oil)  
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Phopholipid bilayer = plasma membrane   the cell's plasma membrane is selectively permeable - restricts access--also surrounds cell, gives it shape  
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cytoplasm   the Matrix of the cell  
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robisomes -   nucleoproteins acattered throught the cytoplasm  
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ribosomes attach to   mRNA and provide a place for the joing of amino acids in translation  
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mitochondria   contain enzymes necessary for aerobic metabolism  
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DNA is found in __________ chromosomes in cells ______   Circular chromosomes in the cells cytoplasm  
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lysate   When cell contents are released into solution--it contains all of the bacterial cell contents  
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Protease   Enzyme that will break down proteins in lysate & make it easier to extract DNA  
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carbohydrates   Polyhydric alcohols that have a carbonyl group  
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Carbonyl group   C==O - Carbon, double-bond Oxygen - in aldehydes & ketones  
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Carbonyl group   "bones" form the basis - C==Oxygen  
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Carboxyl group   C==O-OH (Carbon double-bond Oxygen with OH group)  
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Hydroxyl   -OH group - means that the molecule is an alcohol  
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Monosaccharides   Single sugars - glucose is the most common  
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Glucose   Glucose is a six cabronpolyhydric compound with an aldehyde group (aldohexose)  
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Two other monosaccharides   Fructose & galactose  
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Disaccharides   Are carbohydrates that have two sugars-formed from 2 monosaccharides  
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How are disaccharides formed?   Fromed from 2 monosaccharides in a CONDENSATION REACTION  
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Glycosidic linkage   Bond formed between two sugars  
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What two sugars bond, what is lost?   A molecule of water is lost  
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What is the most abundant polysaccharide on earth?   Cellulose  
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Why must disaccharides be broken down?   They are too large to be taken into the cell  
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How do you break the disaccharide   Water must be added to the bond  
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When you break the disaccaride bond with water, what is this process called?   Hydrolysis  
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Polysaccharides   Very long chains of glucose molecules  
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What is the purpose of polysaccharides?   To store energy-  
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Humans can store a limited amount of glucose as   the animal starch glycogen - in human liver and (limited extent) muscles  
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Glycogen (animal starch) is composed of   Glycogen is a polysaccharide with chains of glucose  
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Benedict's Test for Reducing sugards   A solution used to test for glucose and other reducing sugars  
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Why is it blue   because of the presence of cupric ion (Cu2+)  
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How does Benedict's reagent work?   The cupric ion with react with an aldehyde group to form cuprous oxide (Cu2O) a reddish colored  
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What will give a positive Benedict's test?   Those carbohydrates that contain a glucose or any other chemical with an UNATTACHED ALDEHYDE group  
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In a test with Benedict's reagent, the greate the color change....   the more glucose is present  
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Benedict's reagent - glucose gives color...   Red-brown-burnt sienna  
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Benedict's reagent..lactose gives   red-brown layer  
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sucrose gives...   Blue - no change  
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starch give...   blue - no change  
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Why did starch and sucrose fail to react?   Because they do not have a free aldehyde group as glucose does  
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Aldehyde are defined as...   Contain a carbonyl group C==O  
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Testing urine for glucose-the test strip is coated with________   enzymes that will react specifically with glucose to produce a color change  
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acid   a substance that dissolves in water and procudes hydrogen ions H+ - All acids are proton donors  
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Base   A substance that dissolve in water and produces hydroxide ions (OH-) accoring to the arrhenioius theory-a proton acceptor  
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Anions and cations in the body   In clinical setting, ions are referred to as electrolytes (also called minerals)  
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Na+ - electrolyte   Maintain water balance (in fluid surrounding cells)  
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K+   water balance, conduct nerve impulses, contract muscles  
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Mg2+   bone mineral, transmit nerve impulses  
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Ca2+   bone formation, nerve impulse, muscle contraction, blood coagulation  
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Cl-   maintain fluid balance, make HCl in stomach  
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HCO3   part of blood buffer system  
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HPO42-   Part of buffer system, minimizes changes in pH  
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Equivalents (Eq)   An "equivalent" of an electrolyte is an amount that produces 1 mole of charge.  
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Acid   Turn a strip of blue litmus _______  
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Base   Turn a strip of red litmus ______  
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pH measures the power of the ______   measures the power of the H+ ion (in order to balance electrolytes in the body)  
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pH units are like earthquakes because   each change in concentration represents a large change in ion concentration  
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Neutralization   When equal strengths of acid and base react they form water and a salt  
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Buffer   a system designed to minimize changes in pH  
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Buffers are made up of   a weak acid or a weak base, and the salt of the week acid or base  
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Our body uses buffers to...   minimize pH changes in the blood  
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Example of a buffer   H2CO3 (carbonic acid) and NaHCO3 (sodium bicarbonate  
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Neutral pH   7  
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Neutral pH (measured by conduction apparatus)   0  
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0.9% NaCL measures ___ in the conduction test, meaning that it is   a strong electrolyte  
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sugar measured zero on conductivity test, meaning   it is a NON-CONDUCTOR  
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vinegar measter 7 on the conductivity test, meaning   it is a strong electrolyte  
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Buffers experiment   (blank)  
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How does an anion differ from a cation?   a NEGATIVELY charged ion  
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What charge does a cation have   A POSITIVE charge - jumps like a cat!  
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What is the pH of human blood   7.35 to 7.45  
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Lipids are famous for...   NONpolar nature and Lack of water solubility  
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Wax & steroids are   Lipids  
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triglycerides are   lipids  
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fatty acids are..   carboxylic acids found in lipids  
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Carboxylic acids are   organic compounds with the carbonoxyl functional group  
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ester linkage   (blank)  
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Potato (and most cells) have ________ to protect them from hydrogen peroxide   Cells have the enzyme CATALASE  
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How does catalase protect the cells   Catalase breaks the hydrogen peroxide (2H2O2) into water & oxygen  
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How did the catalase in the potato react when exposed to the hydrogen peroxide?   The catalase produced oxygen bubbles  
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When did catalase perform the best?   At room temperature - potatoes grow in the ground  
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Deoxyribonucleic acid   double helix - a polymer of nucleotides  
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Nucleotide   A Macromolecule containing a sugar, a phosphat and a nitrogen base  
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What are the four types of nitrogen base found in DNA?   Adenine (A) - Guanine (G), Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)  
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In DNA, when Thymine is on the steps of the ladder, then   Adenine is with it  
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In DNA, when Guanine is on the step   Cytosine is always with it  
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Prokatyotic cells are   bacteria - no NUCLEUS  
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Plasma membrane   A phospholipid bilayer which protects the cell by restricting access - but is SELECTIVELY permeable  
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In addition to its barrier function , the plasma membrane   gives cell its shape  
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Cytoplasm   Matrix of the cell - aqueous mixture - that is a solution, a suspension and a colloid  
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nucleus is in a   Eukaryotic cell  
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Nuclear envelope   maintains integrity of the nucleus-keepsp genetic material separate  
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Nucleolus   Dark staining spots where ribosomes are made  
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Ribosomes   produced in nucleolus  
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ribosomes work by   attaching to mRNA and provide a place for joining amino acids in translation  
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mitochondria   Kidney-shaped - "Mighty" work of making energy for cell  
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Golgi body   folded-up  
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Blue thing in membrane model (box with blue plastic straws & blue thing floating in it)   MEMBRANE channel - protein channel  
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Which nitrogen base complements Adenine?   Thymine (T)  
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What are three components of a nucleotide?   DNA - a polymer of nucleotides - three components are sugar (deoxyribose) a phosphate and a nitrogen base  
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NUCLEOTIDE means   DNA  
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DNA nucleotides contain (3)   Deoxyribose (the sugar), a phosphate (P) and nitrogen base  
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alkane   (Cane) single-bonded chains with hydrogens on each carbon (saturating)  
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alkenes   Teens-tweens - at least one double bond  
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alkynes   triple bond -  
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Aromatics -   Benzene ring  
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glycosidic bond   bond that forms when the hydroxyl group of one monosaccharide reacts with the hydroxly group of another monosaccharide  
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hydroxyl group   (blank)  
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NuCLEo TIDE   Nitrogen, Sugar-cleo & Tide with Phosphate  
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