Chemistry
Carbon
Carbohydrates
Lipids
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Biochemistry Jeopardy ChemistryCarbon Carbohydrates Lipids ProteinsWild! Final Jeopardy!
$100 Question This is the smallest possible particle of an element.
$100 Answer What is an atom?
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$200 Question These are the four essential elements of life.
$200 Answer What are Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen?
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$300 Question This type of molecule has a slight negative charge and a slight positive charge, allowing for hydrogen bonds to form.
$300 Answer What is a polar molecule?
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$400 Question This is the type of bond where electrons of each atom are shared.
$400 Answer What is a covalent bond?
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$500 Question It is a solution that contains more H + ions than water.
$500 Answer What is an acid?
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$100 Question It is the main ingredient of organic molecules.
$100 Answer What is carbon?
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Daily Double Question This is the amount of valence electrons carbon has, allowing it to produce a variety of carbon skeletons.
Daily Double Answer What are four electrons in carbon?
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$300 Question This is the name for a single unit of a polymer.
$300 Answer What is a monomer?
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$400 Question This reaction occurs when a monomer bonds with a polymer chain, releasing water in the process.
$400 Answer What is a dehydration reaction?
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$500 Question These are the four categories of polymers.
$500 Answer What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
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$100 Question This is an organic molecule made up of sugar molecules.
$100 Answer What is a carbohydrate?
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$200 Question This is the term used to describe the type of unit one simple sugar is in a carbohydrate polymer.
$200 Answer What is a monomer?
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Daily Double Question This type of molecule consists of multiple sugars bonded together. (Carbohydrates are made of these.)
Daily Double Answer What is a polysaccharide?
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$400 Question This is the function carbohydrates serve for an organism.
$400 Answer What is to provide energy?
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$500 Question This term describes carbohydrates in relation to how they react with water.
$500 Answer What is hydrophilic?
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$100 Question This is defined as something with water- avoiding compounds.
$100 Answer What is a lipid?
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$200 Question This means “water-fearing.”
$200 Answer What is hydrophobic?
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$300 Question Fish oil is an example of this type of lipid.
$300 Answer What is a unsaturated fat?
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$400 Question Diets rich in this are unhealthy. They are found in lard, butter, and animal fats.
$400 Answer What are saturated fats?
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$500 Question These are lipid molecules include examples like cholesterol and estrogen.
$500 Answer What are steroids?
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Daily Double Question These are the building blocks of proteins (their monomer unit).
Daily Double Answer What are amino acids?
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$200 Question These are made from a chain of amino acids. They make proteins.
$200 Answer What are polypeptides?
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$300 Question This group distinguishes an amino acid from the other 19 amino acids.
$300 Answer What is the side, or “R,” group?
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$400 Question Things like heat can cause a protein to undergo this process.
$400 Answer What is denaturation?
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$500 Question Catalysts serve the purpose of lowering the amount of this needed to start a chemical reaction.
$500 Answer What is the activation energy?
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$100 Question An atom becomes this when one of its electrons is transferred to another atom. *Note if it has a charge.
$100 Answer What is a positive ion?
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$200 Question Enzymes are specialized proteins that serve as these in chemical reactions.
$200 Answer What are catalysts?
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$300 Question This molecule functions to help form structures like hair or fur.
$300 Answer What is a protein?
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$400 Question The Hindenburg exploded due to the high amount of this in its vessel.
$400 Answer What is hydrogen gas?
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$500 Question In a chemical reaction, these are rearranged.
$500 Answer What are atoms?
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Final Jeopardy Topic P ROPERTIES OF W ATER
Final Jeopardy Question Ice floats on water due to this property of water.
Final Jeopardy Answer What is the fact that ice’s molecules are less densely packed than those in liquid water?
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