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Biology chapter 2 sections 3 and 4
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Biology
9th Grade
09/25/2012

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one of the elements that make up 95% of your body
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carbon
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one of the elements that make up 95% of your body
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hydrogen
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one of the elements that make up 95% of your body
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oxygen
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one of the elements that make up 95% of your body
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nitrogen
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one of the 2 main types of compounds
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inorganic
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one of the 2 main types of compounds
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organic
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this type of compound contains carbon
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organic
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this type of compound generally doesn't contain carbon
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inorganic
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many saccharides
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polysaccharide
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one saccharide
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monosaccharide
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two saccharide
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disaccharides
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one of the two examples for a nucleic acid
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DNA
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one of the two examples for a nucleic acid
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RNA
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one of the four groups of organic compounds
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carbohydrates
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one of the four groups of organic compounds
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sugars
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one of the four groups of organic compounds
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starches
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one of the four groups of organic compounds
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energy
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the sugars and starches organisms use for energy and other biological processes
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carbohydrates
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the three things carbohydrates are made up of
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carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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a single sugar and and a simple sugar
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monosaccharide
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glucose mono di or poly?
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mono
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galactose mono di or poly?
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galactose
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fructose mono? di? or poly?
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monosaccharide
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what ratio are carbon hydrogen and oxygen in?
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1:2:1
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double sugars
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disaccharides
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polysaccharides
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many sugars
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excess food
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starches
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gives plants support main component of wood
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cellulose
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sucrose
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table sugar
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maltose
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malt sugar
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when 2 what combine a water molecule is given off
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monosaccharides
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one of the three disaccharides
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sucrose
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one of the three disaccharides
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maltose
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one of the three disaccharides
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lactose
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stored food
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starch
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when two monosaccharides combine a water molecule is given off what is this process called?
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dehydration synthesis
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hyro
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water is added
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lysis
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to break apart or destroy
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your body cannot store what?
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simple sugars
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synthesis
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to build
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instead of breaking down simple sugars your body breaks down what?
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glycogen into glucose
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oils are liquid or solid at room temp?
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liquid
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fats and waxes are liquid or solid at room temp
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solid
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fatty acids + Glycerol=?
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lipid
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unsaturated fats contain how many double bonds?
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1
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polyunsaturated fats contain at least how many double bonds
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2
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what kind of fats are good for you because they raise your HDL's and lower your LDL's?
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polyunsaturated
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what help to build cells and are used as messenger in the body?
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sterols
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what help to form cell membranes?
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phosphoipids
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polymers of amino acids
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proteins
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a role of a protein
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carry out chemical reactions
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role of a protein
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pump molecules into and out of the cell
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role of a protein
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help cells move
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role of a protein
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act as enzymes
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proteins that act as catalysts
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enzymes
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lower the start up energy of a chemical reaction
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catalysts
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substrate complex
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enzyme
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these things are the reactants
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substrates
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substrates need an what to get the reaction between them started
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enzyme
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the energy needed to get the reaction started
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activation energy
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substrate complex
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enzyme
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large complex organic molecules
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nucleic acids
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one of the three things nucleotides are made up of
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phosphate
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one of the three things nucleotides are made up of
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sugar
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one of the three things nucleotides are made up of
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base
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two examples of nucleic acids
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DNA and RNA
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role of a nucleic acid
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store and transfer genetic information
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h2 + 02 = 2 release or absorb
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release
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h20=h2 + 02= release or absorb
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absorb
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plants get their energy from where?
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the sun
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humans release what when we break down food?
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energy
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what does metabolize mean?
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break down
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