1. Human Anatomy & Physiology
Chapter 2: Chemical Basis of Life
Jeopardy

2. Chemical Constituents Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Atoms
Reactions
Chemical Constituents
Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Carbs and Lipids
Vocab 1 2 3 4 5

3. Atoms

4. The center of an atom that contains vital material
What is the nucleus?

5. The smallest particle of an atom that determines the reactivity
What is an electron?

6. The term that refers to the number of protons found in an atom
What is atomic number?

7. Relatively large particles that can leave or join an atom without changing the element
What is a neutron?

8. What is atomic mass or atomic weight?
This number changes, so the average is found to represent each atom on a periodic table
What is atomic mass or atomic weight?

9. Reactions

10. A reaction that builds material from small compounds
What is a synthesis reaction?

11. What is a reversible reaction?
A reaction that is a continuous cycle of building and breaking down material
What is a reversible reaction?

12. Compounds recombine with different elements
What is an exchange reaction?

13. Determines the number of each type of element needed when combining atoms
What is valence?

14. Represent the energy levels of elements
What are electron shells?

15. Identifying Chemical Constituents

16. An amino acid is an example of this chemical constituent
What is a protein?

17. A phospholipid is this type of nutrient
What is a lipid?

18. An example of this basic nutrient group is a polysaccharide
What is a carbohydrate?

19. RNA is this type of cellular compound
What is nucleic acid?

20. An enzyme is this type of chemical component
What is a protein?

21. Nucleic acids and proteins

22. Contains ribose
What is RNA?

23. An identifying marker of a cell
What is an antigen or receptor?

24. This is unique to DNA
What is thymine?

25. A protein that digests DNA or other proteins
What is an enzyme?

26. The terms for the four letters of the genetic code (DNA)
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine?

27. Carbohydrates and Lipids

28. The term for a simple sugar
What is a monosaccharide?

29. The phosphate portion of a phospholipid
What is the hydrophilic head?

30. When the carbon atoms in a fatty acid chain are bound to the maximum number of hydrogens
What is a saturated fat?

31. Always contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
What is a carbohydrate?

32. This compound makes up the plasma membrane of a cell
What is a phospholipid?

33. Vocabulary set one

34. Any compound that contains both carbon and hydrogen
What is organic?

35. Has a pH of 7.0 to 14.0
What is a base?

36. Released by acids, especially when mixed with water or a base
What is a H+ ion?

37. A term for material that is insoluble in water
What is hydrophobic?

38. A connection formed by sharing electrons
What is a covalent bond?

39. Vocabulary set two

40. Something that will be dissolved
What is a solute?

41. Atoms that gain or lose electrons in order to become charged
What are ions?

42. Elements that are so reactive, they are RARELY found alone
What are diatomic molecules?

43. Without being used, these chemicals affect the rates of reactions
What are catalysts?

44. A form of an element that often is used to identify cancer
What is an isotope?