1. Chemistry of Life Jeopardy
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Atom Interactions
Water
Life Substances
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3. Atoms - 100
ANSWER: The smallest particle of an element that has characteristics of that element.
QUESTION: Atom

4. Atoms - 200
ANSWER: Substance that can’t be broken down into a simpler chemical substance.
QUESTION: Element

5. Atoms - 300
ANSWER: This is the number of elements that occur naturally in the universe.
QUESTION: 92

6. Atoms - 400
ANSWER: The two particles that make up the nucleus of an atom.
QUESTION: Protons and Neutrons

7. Atoms - 500 ANSWER: The general location of electrons in an atom.
QUESTION: Electron Cloud

8. Atom Interactions - 100
ANSWER: Substance that is composed of atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically combined.
QUESTION: Compound

9. Atom Interactions - 200
ANSWER: Chemical reactions that occur within an organism.
QUESTION: Metabolism

10. Atom Interactions - 300
ANSWER: pH of 8
QUESTION: Base

11. Atom Interactions - 400 ANSWER: Carbon-14 vs. Carbon-12
QUESTION: Isotope

12. Atom Interactions - 500
ANSWER: Most common bond in compounds found in organisms.
QUESTION: Covalent Bond

13. Water - 100 ANSWER: Percent of water found in most organisms
QUESTION: 70-95%

14. Water - 200
ANSWER: Continuous movement but no overall concentration change.
QUESTION: Dynamic Equillibrium

15. Water - 300 ANSWER: Molecule with unequal distribution of charge.
QUESTION: Polar Molecule

16. Water - 400
ANSWER: Net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
QUESTION: Diffusion

17. Water - 500
ANSWER: List the 4 main types of organic compounds that make up living things.
QUESTION: Carbs, Proteins, Lipids & Nucleic Acids.

18. Life Substances - 100 ANSWER: Substances that contain carbon.
QUESTION: Organic Compounds

19. Life Substances - 200
ANSWER: The number of covalent bonds that must be formed for Carbon to be stable.
QUESTION: 4

20. Life Substances - 300 ANSWER: The building blocks for proteins.
QUESTION: Amino acids

21. Life Substances - 400
ANSWER: Protein that changes the rate of chemical reactions.
QUESTION: Enzyme

22. Life Substances - 500
ANSWER: An element that proteins contain that lipids and carbohydrates do not.
QUESTION: Nitrogen or Sulfur

23. Miscellaneous - 100 ANSWER: Another term for saccharide.
QUESTION: Sugar

24. Miscellaneous - 200
ANSWER: KoolAid is an example of this type of mixture.
QUESTION: Solution

25. Miscellaneous - 300
ANSWER: An organic compound that contains approximately twice as much hydrogen as oxygen.
QUESTION: Carbohydrate.

26. Miscellaneous - 400
ANSWER: The smaller subunits that make up nucleic acids.
QUESTION: Nucleotides.

27. Miscellaneous - 500
ANSWER: Number of amino acids.
QUESTION: 20

28. FINAL JEOPARDY
ANSWER: Nucleotides make up this very important nucleic acid. It holds the genetic instructions for each of us.
QUESTION: DNA