Chemistry for life Ch.24

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what technique is used to identify a person from a sample of hair skin cells or body fluid?

DNA fingerprinting

what is true about the function of dna in the body?

DNA stores the information needed to make protein

amino acid

any compound that contains an amino group and a carboxyl group in the same molecule

which form of polysaccharide is found in animals?

glycogen

what term represents the entire set of chemical reactions carried out by an organism?

metabolism

nucleotides

monomers that make up DNA and RNA

simple sugars are also called?

monosacchrides

what is contained only in a eukaryotic cell?

nucleus

every nucleotide contains what?

phosphate

which molecule transmits the energy needed by cells for metabolism?

ATP

what do the letters A C G T represent in a DNA code?

adenine guanine thymine and cytosine

which of the following reactions is an important part of the catabolic process in cells?

breakdown of proteins into amino acid

the repeating unit of cellulose is?

glucose

differences between amino acids are normally due to differences in which part of the molecule?

side chain

disaccharide

a sugar that forms from two monosaccharides

peptide

any combination of amino acid in which the amino group of one acid is united with the carboxyl group of another through an amide bond

what functional group is present in the cyclic form of all carbohydrates?

hydroxol

what is the function of an enzyme?

increases the rate of biochemical process

the name of the processes in which cells directly use solar energy to make food is?

photosynthesis

what is the function of nitrogen fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?

reduce atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia, a water soluble form nitrogen that can be used by plants.

what is the fundamental unit of life?

the cell

why do adenine and thymine form pairs in a DNA double helix?

the pairing allows the maximum number of hydrogen bonds to form.

what type of molecules a bonded together to form a nucleotide?

1 nitrogen base+ 1 phosphate group + 1 sugar

a peptide bond is a bond between functional groups?

amino and carboxyl

the reaction responsible for producing the heat that maintains the temperature of your body is____?

catabolism

a triglyceride is a compound of glycerol and three_____?

fatty acids

substitutions additions or deletions of one or more nucletiodes in a DNA molecule are called?

gene mutations

the two products of photosynthesis are?

glucose and oxygen

which type of bonds occur between bases in a DNA base pair?

hydrogen bonds

what type of reaction is saponification?

hydrolysis

nucleic acid

nitrogen containing polymers found primarily in cell nuclei

what is the source of energy stored by ATP in cells?

oxidation of biological compounds

polysaccharide

polymers produced by the linkage of monosaccharide monomers

an ester of a long chain fatty acid and a chain alcohol is a

wax

monosaccharide

a simple carbohydrate molecule

how many common amino acids are formed and used by living organisms?

20

how many bases are needed to specify one amino acid in a peptide or protein chain?

3

how many bases are used in constructing the DNA molecules of every organism?

4 nitrogen bases

how do lipids differ from most other bilogical molecules?

a large part of each molecule in a lipid is hydrophobic

protein

a peptide with more than 100 amino acid


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