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Bilogy grade 12 canada test 1

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What are the seven properties of life?   Order, reproduction, growth and development, energy ulilization, response to environment, homeostasis, and adaptation  
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Which van de waal force is the strongest?   Hydrogen bonds  
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London Forces   very weak bonds between neutral molecules  
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Dipole-dipole forces   partially positive and partially negative side attract  
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In terms of polarity, polar molecules are what, as opposed to nonpolar molecules which are what?   polar molecules are hydrophilic, nonpolar molecules are hydrophobic  
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water is both _______ and ________.   cohesive and adhesive  
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dynamic equilibrium   when forward and reverse reaction rates are equal  
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Acid   substance that increases hydrogen concentration. it is sour, and has a ph under 7  
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Base   substance that decreases hydrogen concentration. it is bitter, slippery and have a ph over 7  
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neutralization reaction   reaction of and acid and base to form water and a salt  
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equilibrium   state when opposing reactions occur at equal rates  
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Buffer   chemicals that bond to H+ or release H+ to help balance neutral pH to remain constant.  
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Buffers behave   like weak acids and bases  
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why do many proteins act as buffers?   amino acids in their structure may be acidic and other may be basic  
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Hydrocarbon   compounds that have a backbone of carbon  
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Alkanes   saturated hydrocarbons with single bonds, in whose backbone may be straight or circular  
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Alkenes   unsaturated hydrocarbons with double bonds, in whose location of bond is given in name  
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Alkynes   unsaturated hydrocarbons with triple bonds  
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Functional groups   reactive clusters of atoms attached to the carbon backbone  
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Bonding capacity   the number of covalent bonds an atom can form  
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macromolecule   large molecules composed of repeating subunits (monomers)  
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Condensation reaction   assembles macromolecules and is and anabolic reaction that absorbs energy  
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Anabolic reaction   produces large molecules from smaller subunits  
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Hydrolisis reaction   breaks apart macromolecules, is a catabolic reaction that releases energy  
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What do both condensation and hydrolysis reactions require?   enzymes to catalyze the reaction  
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name 3 examples of isomers that are carbs   Glucose, galactose, fructose  
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Isomers   contain the same number and types of atoms but have different arrangements, shapes and physical and chemical properties  
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Glycosidic linkage   covalent bond formed through a condensation reaction that holds monosaccharides together  
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give some characteristics of maltose   is an oligosaccharide made up two alpha-glucoses, that is held together by 1-4 glycosidic linkages  
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example of maltose   used in production of beer, found in grains  
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give some characteristics of sucrose   made of 1 alpha-glucose and 1 alpha-fructose, 1-2 linkage, and is table sugar  
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give some characteristics of lactose   made of 1 beta-glucose and 1 beta-galactose and is found in milk  
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what are the 2 main uses for polysaccharides?   energy storage (starch and glycogen) and structural support (cellulose and chitin)  
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Starch   produced by plants and stored in plastids. Made of amylose and and amylopectin  
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Glycogen   produced by animals and stored in liver and muscles  
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Cellulose   makes up cell walls, staight chain polymer, does not form helixes  
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Chitin   second most abundant material, used in exoskeleton of insects and in cell walls of fungi, N-group is attached to carbon 2  
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Lipid   liked by nonpolar bonds, hydrophobic, and used for energy storage, building membranes, signalling molecules  
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Triglyceride   3 fatty acids attached to glycerol, not a polymer, non-polar and hydrophobic  
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Saturated Fat   fatty acids are straight chain, solid at room temperature, produced by animals  
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Unsaturated Fat   have double bonds, has a bend in fatty acid, liquid at room temperature, produced by plants  
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Hydrogenation   produces trans fats, H-atoms are added to double bnds in unsaturated fats making them semi-solid  
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Esterification   the forming of ester linkages by the condensation reaction between hydroxyl group of glycerol and carboxyl group of fatty acids  
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Amphipathic   having hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails  
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Phospholipid   glycerol molecule attached to two fatty acid chains and a phosphate  
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Phopholipids produce spheres called ________ or produce _________ (ex. membrane)when in water   micelles , bilayers  
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Sterols (steroids)   compact hydrophic molecules containing 4 fused hydrocarbon rings and several functional groups  
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Which lipids lack a fatty acid component   steroids  
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Cholesterol   present in cell membrane to maintain fluidity and rigidity- can be good or bad- precurson to all steroid hormones  
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Waxes   long chain fatty acid link to alcohols or carbon rings, firm, pliable consistency, used as coatings by plants  
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name the 7 uses of proteins   support, transport, communication, receptors, movement, defence, reactions  
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What is the shape of the proteins determined by?   the sequence of animno acids  
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peptide bonds   the bonds that hold together proteins  
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What is protein denaturation?   change in 3D shape due to temp, pH, etc... breaking the bonds and proteins loses its ability to function  
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What must larger proteins have in order to return to original state after being denatured   "chaperone proteins"  
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Decomposition   breaking peptide bonds from intense denaturation-irreversible  
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What is DNA   Deoxyribosenucleic acid and is double stranded  
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What is a nucleotide?   monomer subunit used to build DNA and RNA  
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all nucleotides compose of   1) phosphate group 2) pentose sugar 3) nitrogenous base  
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the ________ reaction forms a _______ bond and causes molecules to coil during the process of making DNA   condensation, phosphodiester  
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the strands of DNA are considered what?   antiparralel  
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what are the two families nitrogenous bases can be split into?   purines (double ringed) and pyrimidines (single ringed)  
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how can we control metabolic pathways using enzymes?   by restricting production and location of enzymes  
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Feedback inhibitor   product of reaction acts as inhibitor, preventing cell from wasting chemical resources to make more products than needed  
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Allosteric site   receptor site remote from active sit  
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Competitive inhibitor   fits into active site and blocks substrate  
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noncompetitive inhibitor   binds to enzyme and causes a change that alters active site  
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Cofactors   non protein enzyme helper that may bind to active sites or substrates  
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induced fit model   after a substrate binds to active site, enzyme changes shape to better fit substrate  
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how do enzymes lower activation energy?   by binding substrates in correct orientation and applying stress to bonds, reducing thermal energy - allowing reactants to more easily become products  
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active site   where a substrate binds to enzyme  
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Name three types of cellular work   mechanical, transport, and chemical  
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what is ATP used for?   for temporary storage, and acts like a rechargeable battery  
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what is phosphoylation?   the free energy that is coupled with endergonic reactions that attached Pi to another molecules  
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What are redox reactions?   chemical reactions involved the transfer of electrons from one atom to another  
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Oxidation   loss of electrons  
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oxidizing agent   substances that takes electrons  
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Reduction   gain of electrons  
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Reducing agent   substance that give electron  
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living systems are kept at ______ (products not allows to accumulate)   disequilibrium  
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Energy coupling   transfer of energy produced in one reaction to another  
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Endergonic reaction   process that requires free energy to occur, anabolic, not spontaneous  
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Exergonic reaction   process with a net release of free energy- catabolic, spontaneous  
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Entropy   the measure of amount of disorder (universe favours its increase)  
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Enthalpy   thermal energy or total heat in a system  
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Exothermic   less energy is required to break bonds of reactants than is released  
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Endothermic   energy required to break bonds of reactants is greater that is released  
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Transition state   temporary condition where reactantbonds are breaking and product is forming  
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Activation energy   energy required to break the bonds of reactants  
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Bond energy   measure of stability of bond-energy required to break 1 mol of bond and energy when 1 mol is formed  
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Metabolism   sum of all processes (anabolic and catabolic)  
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?   energy can be transferred or transformed, cannot be creator destroed  
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Energy in the universe is _______---   constant  
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