Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Chemical bonds form to make atoms more?

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Stable

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What are the building blocks of proteins?

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3
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What forms when an atom gains or loses electrons?

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Ion

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4
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What determines atoms present in a compound?

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5
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What maintains pH balance?

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Buffer

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6
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Examples of inorganic molecules?

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Water, and some acid, based and salts

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7
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Forms when opposite charged ions attract each other?

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Ionic bonds

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8
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Alkaline compounds?

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Base

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9
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Unravel is with?

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RNA

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10
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What is the lipid that is found with cholesterol?

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Phospholipid

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11
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Ionic bonds are chemical bonds formed by the?

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Donations of electrons

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12
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Two examples of structural proteins?

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Collagen and Keratin

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13
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What are the functional lipids?

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Enzymes, catalyst, and hormones

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14
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Form membranes of cells?

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Phospholipids

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15
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Hydrogen bonds are easily?

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Broken and weak

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16
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How many electrons in the first and the second ring of an outer ring?

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2 and then 8

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17
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Combine to form a larger product?

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Reactant

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18
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What directs overall body structure and function by directing the formation of structure and functional proteins?

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Nucleic acids

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19
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Electrons move about within certain limits called?

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Orbitals

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20
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When atoms share electrons, what is formed?

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Covalent bonds

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21
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What can substances be classified as based on the type of atoms that make it up?

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Elements or compounds

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22
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Building blocks of proteins?

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Amino acid and peptide bonds

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23
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If a compound dissociates in water, it?

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Separates to form free ions

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24
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Pure substance composed of only one type of atom?

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Element

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Phospholipids?
Water resisting, water attracting
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Substances whose molecules have more than one element in them are called?
Compounds
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What bond is easily broken?
Ionic
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Compounds that form ion when dissolved in water are called?
Electrolytes
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What is an electrically formed atom?
Ions
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What is the field of science devoted to studying the chemical aspect of life?
Biochemistry
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Compound that dissolves easily in water?
Ionic compound
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Easily dissociates to produce large quantities of H+ ions?
Strong Acid
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Two atoms that have the same atomic number but different atomic mass?
Isotope
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The Lock and key model is used to describe what?
Enzymes
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Two examples of disaccharides?
Sucrose and lactose
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What is used as starting substance for estrogen and testosterone?
Cholesterol
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What are the three subatomic particles?
Proton, neutron, electron
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Forms tough, waterproof fibers in the outer layer of the skin?
Keratin
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Water plus common salt?
Aqueous solution
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What stabilizes the phospholipid tails in cellular membranes?
Cholesterol
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Examples of functional proteins?
Hormones, cell membrane channels, and receptors, enzymes
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The number of protons and neutrons combined in the atom’s?
Atomic mass
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Yields energy for muscle contractions?
ATP
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What makes the blood more acidic?
Carbon dioxide
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Glycogen by hydrolysis breaks down into?
Glucose
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What is the compound most essential to life?
Water
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Most chemicals in the body are in the form of what?
Molecules
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Thymine is with?
DNA
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The reverse of dehydration synthesis?
Hydrolysis
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The smallest unit of matter is?
Atom
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A measure of the H+ concentration?
pH
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What element do carbohydrates have?
Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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Atoms usually unite with each other to form larger chemical units called?
Molecules
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What serves the body by making energy available to cellular processes?
ATP
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Inorganic if it doesn’t have?
Carbon
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Atoms share their outer energy and do not easily dissociate?
Covalent bond
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Glycogen?
Polysaccharide; most complex
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The number of protons in the nucleus is an atom’s what?
Atomic number
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What is the internal sea of the body?
Aqueous solution
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What dissolves solutes?
Solvents
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What two organs help to maintain pH?
Kidneys and spleen
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What type of compound has few to no C-C or C-H bonds?
Inorganic
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Reactants only combine only after H and O are removed?
Dehydration synthesis
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Glucose?
Monosaccharide
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Molecules have a steroid structure made up of multiple rings?
Cholesterol