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chem and biochem ap

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Name the four types of macromolecules   protein, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, lipid  
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Name the two categories of lipids   triglyceride, steroid  
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What is the backbone molecule of a triglyceride?   glycerol  
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What are two amphipathic molecules we discussed?   soap, phospholipid  
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What is on the end of the cholesterol molecule that makes the very tip of this very nonpolar molecule, have a polar spot   OH  
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How many polypeptides in catalase, antibody, and hemoglobin molecules?   four  
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What level of protein structure involves hydrogen bonding creating alpha helices and beta sheets?   secondary level  
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What bonds are important in primary level of structure in proteins?   peptide  
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which level of protein structure involves the order of the amino acids?   primary  
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What portion of the amino acid is unique for each amino acid?   R group  
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What two parts of an amino acid combine to form a peptide bond and water molecule?   OH from caboxyl group and H from amino group of second amino acid  
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What is different between saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids?   saturated fatty acids are all single bonds  
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What two atoms make up almost all of a fatty acid?   C and H  
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What is the formula for a disaccharide made two glucoses?   C12H22O11, remember deh. synthesis, water released  
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What are two atoms of the same element varying in neutrons?   isotopes  
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What must happen to an atom to become a cation?   lose an electron, positive ion  
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What are three molecules that can bind to hemoglobin besides nitrous oxide?   CO, CO2, O2  
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What is the y axis of an oxygen dissociation curve?   % saturation (usually hemoglobin)  
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What are the two purines?   A and G  
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How many rings in cytosine nitrogen base?   one: pyrimidine  
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What is the oxygen binding molecule in the muscle?   myoglobin  
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What does ATP become when broken?   ADP + P (energy released)  
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What is the most common buffering molecule in the ocean?   bicarbonate ion  
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What is the formula for bicarbonate?   HCO3-  
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What is the pH of rain water?   5.6  
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What is an immunoglobulin?   antibody  
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What is the shape of an immunoglobulin?   Y  
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What type of macromolecule is ATP?   nucleic acid: adenosine nucleotid with two extra Phosphates  
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What macromolecule has N rings?   nucleic acid  
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What part of an amino acid bond to the carboxyl group?   amino group  
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Each car on a train had different cargo, what part of an amino acid is analogous to the cargo?   R group: only part that is different: amino group and carboxyl groups allow for the train cars to hook together.  
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How many atoms in 2 molecules of glucose?   48: 12 C, 24, H, 12 O  
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What ending indicates a molecule is a sugar?   ose  
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What ending indicates a molecule is an enzyme?   ase  
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What atoms make up waxes?   C and H: nonpolar  
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What type of bond has atoms of equal electronegativity sharing electrons?   nonpolar covalent  
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What intermolecular bond explains cohesion of water?   hydrogen bonding  
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What characteristic due to H bonding leads to a belly flop hurting?   surface tension: too many H bonds at once  
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What characteristic of water allows for the ocean to change temperature slowly?   high specific heat value  
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What characteristic of water allows for evaporation of sweat to keep us cool?   high heat of vaporization  
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What is the combination of adhesion and cohesion that can move water up thin polar tubes a small distance?   capillary action  
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What two characteristics combine to move water up a tree?   transpiration/cohesion  
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Why is there always one purine with one pyrimidine in the DNA molecule?   Same number of rings leads to equal width of double helix. Purine 2 rings, pyrimidine 1, always three total.  
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Why did ice cold water heat up faster than water with ice in it?   Energy applied to water with ice was used to melt ice instead of speeding up molecules.: heat of fusion.  
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What force eventually causes water on a penny to spill over?   gravity of the water  
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Why did pepper sink in the demo in class?   more dense than water  
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Name the four polysaccharides and which two are in plants.   glycogen, chitin, cellulose, starch: last two in plants  
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What is cellulose made of?   glucose molecules  
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How many amino acids are there in human proteins?   20  
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What bonding causes alpha helix?   hydrogen bonding  
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What is the term that when one oxygen binds to hemoglobin, the other three binding spots become more accessible?   cooperativity  
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When something bind to a protein to make it functional, what is this?   activation  
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When something binds to a protein to make in nonfunctional or less functional, what is this?   inhibition  
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When environmental conditions change causing a protein to change it shape to be nonfunctional?   denaturation  
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What is the term for molecules that bind to an enzyme to improve its function?   cofactors/minerals and vitamins  
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Assist proteins in their folding up   chaperone proteins  
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bonds away from the binding site to change function of protein to be better or worse, what is this?   allosteric  
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another word for shape of protein   conformation  
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insulin is what type of macromolecule?   protein  
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What is true of essential amino acids?   need them in our diet, as nonessential are made by body  
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What is true of complete proteins vs incomplete proteins?   Complete has all of the essential amino acids  
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IF 20% of DNA sample is G, what % is T?   30% C and G would both be 20% then 60% remaining split between A and T.  
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What is albumin?   egg white protein  
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What mineral holds catalase together?   iron  
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What does catalase break down?   hydrogen peroxide  
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What part of the water molecule is positively charged?   hydrogon atoms  
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What steroid is a plant pigment?   chlorophyll: absorbs light energy  
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What part of the phospholipid is nonpolar?   two fatty acid tails  
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What happens to the H+ concentration if the pH drops by 3?   1000 X as concentrated  
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What happens to the H+ concentration when NaOH is added to water?   Goes down as OH- bond to H+ and remove them  
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What happens to H+ concentration when carbon dioxide concentration goes up?   H+ goes up, pH goes down, acidic  
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What color indicator turned yellow in the blowing CO2 into water demo?   bromothymol blue  
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The bohr effect is a change in the oxygen dissociation curve of hemoglobin based on what environmental change?   drop in pH  
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What two environmental conditions lead working muscles to have their hemoglobin molecules let go of oxygen more easily?   low pH (lactic acid/bohr effect) and decreased O2 levels  
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