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