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Honors Chemistry Unit 6
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Chemistry
11th Grade
01/15/2013

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What is a polymer?
Definition
large molecules made of repeating units of smaller molecules
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What is the name for the polymer formed from ethylene?
Definition
polyethylene
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What is the unit for the chain invovled with the production of PVC?
Definition
Poly vinyl chloride
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What is chain growth?
Definition
builds from the end
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What is an initiator?
Definition
starts the polymerization of monomers
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What is crosslinking?
Definition
bonds between chains
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What is a monomer?
Definition
little units that link together to make polymers
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What is the unit that makes up polyethylene?
Definition
ethylene
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Styrene is the base unit for what polymer commonly refered to as styrafoam?
Definition
polystyrene
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Compare the formation of long chains from the units (Styrene, Vinyl, Chloride, Ethylene, Propylene)used in the making of plastics. How are they the same how are they different?
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form bonds the same way; side chains are different
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How are Amino Acids and Proteins related?
Definition
amino acids are the building blocks of proteins
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What does DNA stand for?
Definition
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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What does RNA stand for?
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Rinonucleic Acid
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What chemically differs between DNA and RNA?
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RNA has an extra OH
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What part of the RNA makes it less stable to form large chains
Definition
the extra OH
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What part of the DNA is labeled as the 31?
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Base
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What part of the DNA is labeled as the 51?
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Acid
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When two chains of DNA combine to form the double helix how do they combine?
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Base combines with acid, 31 lines up with 51
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What holds the two chains of the double helix together?
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Hydrogen bond
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What base has the same main structure as Guanine?
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Adenine
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What base has the same main structure as Thymine?
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Cytosine
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What base will Cytosine attach to?
Definition
Guanine
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What base will Adenine attach to?
Definition
Thymine
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Why do cerain bases pair up while other bases will not pair up?
Definition
the number of hydrogen bonds differ
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How many Hyrdrogen bonds will Adenine form?
Definition
2
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How many Hydrogen bonds will Cytosine form?
Definition
3
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How many Hydrogen bonds will Guanine form?
Definition
3
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How many Hydrogen bonds will Thymine form?
Definition
2
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What are the two functional groups that are on ALL amino acids?
Definition
amine and carboxylic acid
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What do we call the R group that varies from one Amino Acid to another
Definition
side chain
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What do we call the bond that forms betwen amino acids when forming a protein?
Definition
Peptide bond
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What affects the shape of a protein
Definition
side chains
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What does it mean if a protein has been denatured?
Definition
the shape is taken away
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What can cause a protein to be denatured?
Definition
Heat, pH, free radicals
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What are 3-4 things you can do to help your body in stabilizing your internal environment to prevent denaturing?
Definition
Shivering, sweating, hydration, eating right
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compare sugars and starches
Definition
sugars - monomers/starches - polymers/sugars make up starches
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what are the two main simple sugars we deal with?
Definition
glucose and fructose
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what is the difference between an aldose and a ketose
Definition
aldose - aldehyde/ketose - ketone (where the double bond is)
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what is the most common aldose we work with?
Definition
Glucose
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What is the most common ketose we work with?
Definition
Fructose
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what are monosaccharides?
Definition
1 simple sugar
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what are disaccharides?
Definition
complex sugar (2 simple sugars)
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what are polysaccharides?
Definition
starches (complex sugar, more than one disaccharides)
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Sucrose is a disaccharide containing which two sugars?
Definition
fructose and glucose
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