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the Basics of Bioogy
lipids, carbohydrates, Ph scale, DNA and RNA, Atoms, elements, molecules, Chemical Reactions, bonds
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Biology
9th Grade
10/19/2009

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Atoms

Definition
smallest units of elements that still has the chemical properties of that element
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Molecules

Definition
the smallest unit of a compound compsode of atoms covantly bond to each other
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Element
Definition
a substance composed of atoms that can not be chemically broken down
Term
John Dalton
Definition
came up with the idea of Atoms
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6 most important elements in organisms: CHONPS
Definition
Carbon. Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nytrogen, Phosphate, Sulfur
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Compound
Definition
a substance composed of 2 or more elments
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H2O
Definition
Water
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H2
Definition
hydrogen
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NH3
Definition
amonia
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CH4
Definition
Methane
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Isotope
Definition
elements with different number of neutrons
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Protons
Definition

Mass: 1amu

Charge: +

Where: neutrons

 

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Neutrons
Definition

Mass: 1amu

Charge: neutral

Where: nucleus

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Electrons
Definition

Mass: 0amu

Charge: -

                    Where: energy shells ( on outsuide of nucleus)

 

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radiotopes
Definition
radioactive isotopes used to help biological reasearch
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inference
Definition
a conclusion that follwos logically from the labratory data
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Chemical reactions
Definition
making and breaking of chemical bonds
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Chemical bonds
Definition
the sharing or transfering of electrons from one atom to another
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covalant bond
Definition
the sharing of electrons
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ionic bond
Definition
the transfering of electrons from one atom to another
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Ion
Definition
an atom with a positive or negative charge, aquired by losing or gaining a electron
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conservation of matter
Definition
the idea that mattercan be created nor destroyed
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activation energy
Definition
the energy used to start a chemical reaction
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Polar
Definition
able to dissolve in water
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nonpolar
Definition
not able to dissolve in water
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Water Molecule
Definition
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hydrogen bond
Definition
a weak attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom in a molecule and a nearby slightly negative hydrogen atom of water molecule
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When NaCl separates ions remain from a hydrogen bond, Na is attracted to       and Cl is attracted to             .
Definition
Na+ is attracted to slightly negative charged water
Cl- is attracted to slighlty positive charged water
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Hydroxide
Definition
OH-
more hydroxide = basic
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hydrogen ion
Definition
H+
more hydrogen = acidic
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Acid
Definition
0-6
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Basic
Definition
8-14
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pH scale
Definition
a scale that tells you how acidic or basic a substance is
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Alkaline
Definition
acidic
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Organic
Definition
a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen, in all living organisms
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Macromolecule
Definition
very large and complex molecule
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Carbohydrates
Definition
in all living cells, and contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms with a 2:1 ration like water
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monosacharide
Definition
the simplest carb;a single sugar
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disaccharides
Definition
double sugars; composed of 2 monosaccharides
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polysaccharides
Definition
complex carb; formed when several glucose molecules bond to together
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Sucrose
Definition
table sugar = glucose + frutose
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Lactose
Definition
milk sugar = glucose + galactose
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maltose
Definition
malt sugar = glucose + glucose
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cellulose
Definition
plant starch
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dehydration synthesis
Definition
when 2 molecules bond to form a product and a drop of water
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Lipids
Definition
fats and oils
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Lipid building blocks...
Definition
1) fatty acids
2) glycerol
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Lipids function...
Definition
1) long term storing of energy and carbon
2) building up the cell membrane
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Saturated fats
Definition
fats made up of fatty acids in which single bonds join with the carbon atoms
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unsaturated fats
Definition
fats made up of fatty acids in which double bonds join with some of the carbon atoms
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Cholestral
Definition
part of the cell membrane structure of animal cells, important in nutritions
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Phosopholipids
Definition
a type of lipid that forms when a molecule of glycerol combines with 2 fatty acids and a phosphate group; helps proteins form cell membranes
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Protein
Definition
structural components of cell
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Proteins functions
Definition
1) giver and reciever f messages
2) defense against disease
3) makes up your hair, muscles, skin and part of your skeloton
4) enzyme
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Bulding blocks of proteins...
Definition
amino acids
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Amino Acid
Definition
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Peptide bond
Definition
a covalent bond formed between 2 amino acids
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polypeptide
Definition
a long chain of amino acids
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Sturucture of polypeptides
Definition
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# of amino acids
Definition
20
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hydrophobicity
Definition
tendency for non polar amino acids to avoid water
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nucleic acid
Definition
macromolecules that dictates the amino acid sequence of proteins
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nucleotide
Definition
substance that makes up nucliec acids;
made up of:
1. pentacose (ribosome or deoxyribose)
2. nitrogen base
3. phosphate group
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DNA (*deoxyribose nuclieic acid) and RNA (ribose nuliec acid)
Definition
DNA- adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine (double stranded)
RNA- adenine, uracil, cytosine, guanine( single stranded)

A + T or U
G + C
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Watson and Crick
Definition
created the DNA structure still used today
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Rosalin Franklin
Definition
came up with the idea that DNA is a double helix
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gene
Definition
unis of genetic info passed from parent to offspring
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codon
Definition
the code of 3 amino acids used by DNA
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DNA ability to...
Definition
DNA has the ability to produce protein on the ribsomes
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