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Which of the following is not a type of Carb A. Monosaccharides B. Disaccharides C. Megasaccharides D. PolySaccharides |
C. Megasaccharides is not a carb |
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Which of the following is incorrect in reference to carbohydrates. A. They include substances referred to as sugars B. They serve critical structural roles in RNA and DNA They represent a primary source of chemical energy for body cells D. They are replete with nitrogen atoms. |
D. |
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How many commonly occuring amino acids are proteins composed of? |
21 |
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The most important monosaccharide or simple sugar for the body is |
Glucose |
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What are the building blocks of a triglyceride or fat |
Glycerol and fatty acids |
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What is a phospholipid and why is it an important type of molecule |
They form the backbone of the plasma membrane. They are fat compounds. They are both hydrophilic and hydrophobic. |
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What is the important steroid that stabilizes cellular structure? |
Cholesterol |
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What element is present in all proteins but not carbohydrates? |
Nitrogen |
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is an important molecule composed of an _____ and _____ |
Adenine, and ribose sugar. |
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What are the four levels of protein structure? |
1. Primary Protein Structure 2. Secondary Protein structure 3. Tertiary protein structure 4. Quaternary protein structure. |
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Primary protein structure refers to? |
The number, kind, and sequence of amino acids that make up the polypeptide chain. Hint. Bubbles A long chain of amino acids |
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Secondary protein structure are? |
The folding and twisting of amino acid chain. (Double Helix, Alpha Helix) They resemble a spiral staircase |
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Tertiary Protein Structure |
A protein structure that is formed when the twists and folds of a secondary structure folds agian to form a 3d structure. A globular shaped structure of protein. The coils touch another in many places and spot welds occur |
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Quaternary protein structure. |
A protein structure consisting of more than one folded amino acid chain. Contain more than one polypeptide chain all linked together in one giant molecule. |
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The elements that make up a protein molecule are bonded together to form chemical units called? |
Amino acids |
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Proteins are composed of ___ naturally occuring amino acids. |
21 |
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How many essential amino acis are there |
8 amino acids are known as essential amino acids. |
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A peptide bond is? |
A bond that binds the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another amino acid. |
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All proteins have four elements which are? |
Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen. |
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What keeps enemzyes working properly |
Their Shape. |
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The inside of a cell is composed largely of a gel-like substance called? |
Cytoplasm. (Literally Cell Substance) |
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The outer boundary of a cell is called a |
Plasma Membrane |
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Which of the following is not an example of proteins? A. Hormones B. Antibodies C. Urine D. Enzymes |
C. Urine is not a protein
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A structural lipid found in a cell membrane is a? A Triglyceride B. Phospholipid C. Steroid D. Protstaglandin |
B. Phospholipids are found in a cell membrane |
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Which of the following is the correct example of DNA base pairinng? A. Adenine-cytosine B. Guanine-adenine C. Adenine-Thymine D. Guanine-thymine |
C/ Adenine-Thymine
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A DNA molecule contains each of the following except. A. Sugar B. Nitrogenous base. C. Phosphate D. Lipid |
D. Lipids |
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DNA differs from RNA in that. A. RNA contains Ribose instead of Deoxyribose. B. RNA contains thymine instead of uracil C. RNA contains a double polynucleotide strand. D. There is no structural difference between RNA and DNA |
A. RNA contains ribose instead of Dexoyribose R=Ribose whereas DNA - Dexoyribose |
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True or false: Steroids are poorly distrubuted throughout the body. |
False. Steroids arefound in ambudance in the body.
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High density lipoprotein (HDL) is also called the good cholesterol |
True. Think H=Happy |
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True or false Protein compounds have no role in defending the body against harmful agents. |
False. |
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True or False: The nonessential amino acids can be produced from the other amino acids or from simple organic molecules |
True |
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True or False : Prostaglandins are "tissue hormones" |
True |
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True or False: Enzymes are functional proteins that bring molecules together or split them apart in chemical reactions |
True |
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Carbohydrates contain ________ |
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen |
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Carbohydrates are the primary source of _____- of the body |
Energy |
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Monosaccharides are known as |
Simple sugars |
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Disccharides and polysaccharides are called |
Double sugars and complex sugars. They are carbohydrates composed of two or more simple sugars bonded through dehydration sysnthesis reactions. |
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Sucrose, maltose, lactose are all A. Monosaccharides B. Disaccharides. C. Polysaccharides |
Disaccharides. They consist of two monosaccharides linked together through a dehydration synthesis reaction |
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The four main biological molecules are |
A. Carbohydrates b. Lipids. C. Proteins D. Nucleic acids and related molecules |
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True or False Lipids are water insolulble organic biomolecules. They afe generally nonpolar. |
True Lipids are insolulble in water |
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Lipids major roles in the body are |
Used for Energy purposes. Serve as structural role and functional as integral parts of the cell membranes. |
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The building blocks of a triglyceride or fat are |
Glycerol and Fatty acids |
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A saturated fatty acid is |
A fatty acid in which all available bonds of its hydrocarbon chain are filled Think Saturated = full |
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A unsaturated fatty acid has one or more double bonds in its hydrocarbon chain because not all the chains carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms |
think Saturated = full so Unsaturated = unfull |
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What is a nucleoide |
Small molecules of phosphate, sugar, nitrogen bases that make up nucleic aicds |
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ATP is a very important molecule composed of adenine and ribose sugar. It is also a type of energy used by |
Cells. ATP is called Energy currency of cells |
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ATP is known as |
Energy currency of cells. |
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What is the general function of enzymes? |
Enzymes regulate cell functions by regulating metabolic pathways. |
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The types are cell metabolism are |
Anabolism Catabolism |
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Anabolism is the kind of metabolism that |
builds large and complex molecules from smaller ones. |
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Catabolism is the kind of metabolism that |
break down molecules usually nutrient molecules an thereby releases energy from the broken molecules. |
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True or false. Enzymes are proteins |
true |
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Enzymes are classified as |
Functional proteins |
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The definition of metabolism |
The sum of all chemical reactions that occur in the body. Cell metabolism refers to the chemical reactions of the cell. |
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What is the importance of phosphate to phosphate bond |
The greatest energy is stored in the bond |
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How do molecules move through a membrane? |
They move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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Lysomoes do what? |
Lysosomes digestestive enzymes break down defective cell parts and ingested particles |
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Ribosomes do what? |
Site of proein sysnthesis. |
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Sperm cell has a A. Cilia B. Flagella |
Flagella is the sperm's tail |
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Nuclelous is the site of? |
Formation of ribosome subunits |
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Pores that allow water to pass through are called? |
Aquaporins are water channels that permit rapid osmosis |
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Diffusion is an active or passive process? |
Diffusion is a passive process. Molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. |
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Types of passive diffusions are |
Diffusion and simple diffusion and osmosis are examples of passive diffusions |
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Hypertonic |
Higher pressure. Place a red blood cell in a solution with a higher concentration of impermeant solutes than that found in the cell has a higher osomitc pressure. |
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Isotonic. |
Pressure in intracellular and the solute is the same |
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Can osomtic pressure be measured? |
No because it is a predicition of what the actual osomotic pressure is |
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When you place a red blood cell in a solution that has lower osmotic pressure than inside the cell. the solution is |
hypotonic |
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Channel mediated passive transport |
uses membrane channels to pass molecules through |
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Carrier mediated passive transport. |
Carrier mediated passive transport are reversible. IT does not involve binding the solute molecule and changing the shape to release the bound solute |
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Types of active transport are |
Transport by pumps Transport by Vesicles - Endocytosis - Exotocytosis - Pinocytosis |
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Pinocytosis (condition of the cell drinking) is |
When the fluid and the solutes dissolved in it may enter the cell |
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Exocytosis is the process by which |
Large molecules notably proteins can leave the cell even though the are to large to move through the plasma membrane |
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Phagocytosis is the process by which |
Movement of cells or other large particles into the cells by trapping it in a section of a plasma membrane that pinches off to form a intracellular vesicle. Traps cells |
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Pumping is a form of active transport that |
a movement from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. |
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Osmosis is the |
Passive movement of water through a selectivly permeable membrane |
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Catabolism is |
The breaking down molecules which releases energy |
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Anabolism is the kind of metabolism
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that builds large complex molecules from smaller ones. |
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An entire metabolic pathway can be |
turned on or off by the activation or inactivation of any one of the enzymes that catalyze reactions in that particular pathway |
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A molecule or other agent that alters enzyme function by changing its shape is called an |
Allosteric effector. |
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True or false Many enzymes are synthesized as inactive proenzymes |
True.. They need a kinases to be converted to active enzymes |
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Kinases are used to activate enzymes True or False? |
True Kinases activate enzymes usually by means of an allosteric effect |
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Glycolysis is a ______ pathway |
Catabolic pathway that begins with glucose |
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The steps of cellular respirations are? |
1. Glycolysis
2. Citric acid cycle (krebs cycle) 3. Electron transport system |
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Dialysis is a passive or active process? |
Passive |
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Cellular respiration is the pathway of Catabolism or Anabolism? |
Catabolism. Breaking down |
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True or false The Citric acid cycle is a repeating (cyclic) cycle? |
true |
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Enzymes regulate cell functions by regulating _____ |
Metabolic pathways |
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Enzymes regulate cell ____ |
Metabolism |
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a metabolic pathway is |
different kinds of chemical reactions that often occur in a sequence of reactions called a metabolic pathway. |