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Biology

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What are the four major classes of biological molecules   Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Nucleic acids  
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What are the six elements make up 99% of all living organisms   Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Phosphorus Sulfur  
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What are two important functions that carbohydrates have in the cell   1. Principal energy source 2. They are material that forms the basis for other types of material  
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Carbohydrates are also known as   Sugars  
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Carbohydrates contain only what three elements   Carbon Hydrogen oxygen  
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What is the proportion of carbon to hydrogen to oxygen.   CH(2)O  
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What are the three kinds of Carbohydrates   Monosaccharides Diaccharides Polysaccharides  
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What are examples of Monosaccharides   Glucose Fructose Ribose  
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What are examples of Diaccharides   Surcose Maltose Lactose  
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The Suffix "Ose" means   Sugar  
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What are the two polysaccharides representatives   Cellulose Starch  
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Are Carbohydrates polar or non-polar molecules   Polar  
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Are Carbohydrates solube in water   Yes Carbohydrates are solube in water  
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What are the oxygen atoms mainly bonded to form   Alcohols  
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What makes Carbohydrates water soluble   Alcohols and high numbers of hydroxyl group make  
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What are some important disaccharides   Sucrose (Cane sugar) Maltose (Malt sugar) Lactose (Milk sugar)  
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What does Sucrose consists of ?   Glucose Fructose  
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Maltose is formed from how many units of glucose   Two  
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What does Lactose consists of ?   Glucose Galactose  
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How are Disaccharides formed?   By the removal of water from two monosaccharides  
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What does the addition of water do to surcose   splits sucrose into its glucose and fructose units  
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When monosaccharides are joined together what are formed   Polsaccharides  
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What are three important polysaccharides   Starch Glycogen Cellulose  
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What is used a the stored energy source in plants   Starch  
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What is stored energy source in animals   Glycogen  
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What is the structural polyaccharide in plants   Cellulose  
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Are lipids soluable or insoluable in water   insoluable  
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Are lipids Poplar or Non-Polar   Non-polar  
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What are the three major roles that Lipids play in the body   Store engery in fat cells Form parts of cell membranes Function as chemical messengers  
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What are a long chain of Carboxlyic acids   Fatty acids  
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Animal fat and vegetable oils are   Triglycerides  
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What are estes of Glycerol   Triglycerides  
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What is a large molcule that consits of amino acids   Protein  
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There are how many Naturally occuring amino acids   20  
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And the combinations of all 20 amino acids make up   Proteins  
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A amino acid contains an   Amine functional group and a Carboxylic acid  
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The 20 amino acids found in proteins are called   Alpha amino acids  
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What does the term mean alpha mean when referring to Amino Acids   Amino group is next to the carboxylic acid group  
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Is a amino group acidic or basic   Basic  
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Is Carbooxylic acid group acidic or basic   acidic  
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What is the simplest amino acid and has a melting point of 262*C   Glycine  
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Why are amino acids soluble in water   Because of their inoic character  
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What are the Eight amino acid that are essential   (Val), (Leu), (Ile), (Lys), (Phe), (Try), (Thr) (Met)  
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What amino acid is required in infants but not adults   (His)  
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What type of source does essential amino acids come from   Dietary  
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Nucleic acids are known as   Polymers  
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What are the monomeres that make up nucleic acid   Polymers and nucleotide  
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Nucleotides consists of :   Five carbon sugar, a Phosphate and a nitrogenous base  
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What are the two important nucleic acids   Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic acid (RNA)  
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DNA contains how many carbon sugar deoxyribose   Five  
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What do the bases of DNA consits of   Adenine(A) Thymine (T) Cytosine (C) Guanine (G)  
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RNA has three of the same bases what is different in RNA   Uracil (U)  
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How are nucleotides linked together   Nucleotides are linked together by bonds between the sugar and the phosphate group  
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What does a nucleoside contain   a nitogenous base and the sugar either Deoxyribose or ribose  
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Is DNA a double or single stranded   Single  
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What are the two kinds of nitrogenous bases   Pyrimidines and purines  
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Which two nitrogenous bases are Purines   Adenine and Guanine  
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Which two nitrogenous bases are Pyrimdines.   Thymine and Cytosine  
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