1. Biochem Biojeopardy 100 200 300 400 500 Nucleic Acids Proteins Lipids
Carbo-hydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
Chemistry Potpourri
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2. The building blocks (monomers) of carbohydrates

3. What are monosaccharides?
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4. Two sugars

5. What are disaccharides?
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6. The two functions of carbohydrates

7. What are
1. Quick Energy
and
2. Structure?
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8. The polysaccharide found in an animal’s liver and muscle (Hint: not starch)

9. What is glycogen?
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10. The hydrolysis of this molecule (with the help of enzymes) breaks a bond and releases energy for the cell to use.

11. What is:
ATP  ADP
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12. A polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls; a linear structure of thousands of linked glucoses;the most common organic molecule on Earth

13. What is a cellulose?
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14. Building block (monomer) of most lipids

15. What are fatty acids?
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16. The function of lipids

17. What is a long term energy storage?
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18. Fatty acids that are straight chains, solid at room temperature and usually unhealthy

19. What are saturated fatty acids?
SATURATED UNSATURATED
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20. This diagram is an example of a special “class” of lipids (without a fatty acid / glycerol structure)

21. What are steroids?
Testosterone: an androgen, male sex hormone synthesized in the testes, responsible for secondary male sex characteristics, produced from progesterone
Estradiol: an estrogen, principal female sex hormone, produced in the ovary, responsible for secondary female sex characteristics
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22. The building block (monomer)of nucleic acids; made of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base

23. What is a nucleotide?
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24. The two major types of nucleic acids

25. What are DNA and RNA?
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26. The four types of nitrogenous bases (found in RNA)

27. What are (A)denine, (G)uanine, (C)ytosine, and (U)racil
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28. The function of nucleic acids

29. 1)Store information and/or 2)Transfer information (to make proteins)?
What is
1)Store information and/or 2)Transfer information (to make proteins)?
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30. (Of carbohydrates and lipids), the one that is soluble in water

31. What are carbohydrates
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32. There are 20 different types of these that make up proteins.

33. What are amino acids?
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34. The bond that joins the polypeptide building blocks together

35. What is a peptide bond?
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36. A type of protein that changes the rate (lowers the activation energy)of chemical reactions in the body

37. What is an enzyme?
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38. This is the basic structure (draw it) for all amino acids

39. What is:
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40. All organic molecules contain these 2 elements

41. What are Carbon and Hydrogen?
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42. The type of reaction that breaks polymers down into monomers (by adding water)

43. What is a hydrolysis reaction?
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44. The four types of organic molecules (macromolecules)

45. What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
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46. An example of a lipid found in cell membranes

47. What is
A phospholipid
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48. It is the word that describes the ability of a substance to dissolve in another

49. What is solubility?
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50. It determines the behavior and the function of a protein

51. What is the sequence of amino acids
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52. Daily Double

53. It is the part of the amino acid that determines its shape

54. What is the variable “R” group
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