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23 Cards in this Set
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What is the monomer for carbohydrates?
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Glucose or monosaccharides.
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What is the process that links monomers?
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Dehydration synthesis.
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What is the process that breaks bonds of polymers creating monomers?
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Hydrolesis.
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Two examples of monosaccharides.
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Glucose and fructose.
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What is the chemical formula for a simple sugar?
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C6H12O6
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Example of disaccharide.
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Sucrose, Maltose, Lactose.
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Descrice cellulose.
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1000's of glucoses long, branched out, found in plant cell walls, and used to scrape out insides.
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Describe starch.
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100's of glucoses long, used for energy.
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Describe glycogen.
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100's of glucoses long, found in muscle cells, used for energy storage.
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Why are carbohydrates important?
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Energy, cells.
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What are good food sources of carbohydrates?
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Grains, fiber, meats.
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Why are lipids important?
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Energy, make up cell membranes.
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What are good food sources of lipids?
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Meats, nuts, peanut butter.
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What does R stand for in an amino acid?
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The functional group.
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What are the 4 levels of proteins?
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Primary, Sencondary, Tertary, Quaterary.
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Why are porteins the basic unit of structure?
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Found in every cell membrane.
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what are foods high in protein?
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Meat, nuts, eggs, fish, and poultry.
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What are enzymes?
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Enzymes speed up a rteaction without getting invoulved.
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What are the three basic componets that make up nucleic acids?
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Sugar, Phosphate group, and Nitrogen base.
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Where is DNA found in the cell?
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Nucleus.
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What is the basic function of DNA?
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It stores genetic info.
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What is the basic function of RNA?
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It carries info of DNA and directs proetin synthesis.
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What are the structural differences between RNA and DNA?
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DNA - sugar deoxyribose.
RNA - sugar ribose. |