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-Microbiology CH2
Exam1
Question | Answer |
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What is the strongest of the 3 chemical bonds? | Covalant Bonds |
An uncharged particle in the atomic nucleus is? | Neutron |
A hydrogen ion | Proton |
The number of protons in the nucleus | Atomic number |
Particles with negative charge that move in shells around the nucleus | Electron |
A bond formed by sharing electrons in the outermost shell | Covalent |
A weak bond formed, for example, by the slight positive charge at the hydrogen end of the water molecule reacting with the negative end of other molecules | Hydrogen Bond |
A bond formed by the gain or loss of electrons from the outer electron shell | Ionic Bond |
The substance upon which an enzyme acts | Substrate |
A protein that lowers the activation energy required for a reaction | enzyme |
The sum of the atomic weights of a molecules atom | Molecular Weight |
The collective term for all decomposition reactions | Anabolism |
The combining capacity of an atom | Valence |
An ion with a positive charge | Cation |
One of two molecules with the same chemical formula but different structure | Isomer |
Prevents drastic change in pH | Buffer |
Substance that dissociates into ions that are neither OH- nor H+ | Salt |
A proton donor | Acid |
Dissociates into one or more negative hydroxide ion, such as OH-. | Base |
Combination of atoms that have gained stability by completing the full complement of electrons in the outer most shell. | Molecules |
Eight or more glucose molecules in a chain | Polysaccharide |
Sterol | Complex Lipid |
Fat | Complex Lipid |
Production of molecules of water during synthesis | Condensation |
Formed from chains of amino acids | Protein |
Lipoproteins | Conjugated Proteins |
Results from the release of energy by separation of the terminal phosphate group | Adenosine diphosphate |
DNA | Nucleic Acid |
Triglycerides | Simple Lipids |
Same number of protons in the nucleus but different weights | Isotope |
A molecule containing at least two kinds of atoms, such as water H2O | Compound |
An atom that is stable because it has a full complement of electrons | Molecule |
The D and L forms of an amino acid | Stereoisomer |
The substance formed by a reaction | Product |
Sucrose | Disaccharide |
Soluble in solvant such as ether or alcohol, but not in water | Lipids |
Purines or pyrimidines attached to a pentose sugar, but without a phosphate group | Nucleoside |
Have a hydrogen-to-oygen ration of 2:1, a general formula of CH2O | Carbohydrate |
In DNA what will pair with guanine | Cytosine |
In RNA what will replace thymine | Uracil |
The five carbon sugar in DNA | Deoxyribose |
Bonds between amino acids in proteins | Peptide Bonds |
All atoms with the same atomic number are classified as the same | chemical element |
When discussing synthesis, the combining substances are called ___, and the substances formed are ___ | reactants; product |
Carbon has a valence of | 4 |
The principle energy-carrying molecule in all cells is | Adenosine Triphosphate |
In a protein, the order of the amino acid sequence is the ___ level of organization | primary |
Thymine and cytosine are single-ring structures called | prymidines |
An example of a nitrogen-containing bases in nucleotides are: | Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Uracil |
How many different kinds of amino acids occur naturally in proteins | 20 |
Some important characteristics of water are its high ___ ___ and its capacity tas a temprature ___ | boiling point; buffer |
Cations are positively charged ions; there outer electron shell is ___, than half filled and the lose electrons. | Less |
The minimum collision energy required for a chemical reaction to occur is ____ ____ | Activation Energy |
Neutrons and Protons have a weight about 1840 times that of | Electrons |
Decomposition yield energy which is called | exergenic reaction |
A positively charge ion is a ___, and this loses electrons | Cation |
A negatively charge ion is a ___, and this gains electrons | Anion |
The number of gram that is equal to the molecular weight is knowns as: | mole |
The process of two or more atoms, ions, or molecules combining to form new and larger molecules is called | synthesis reaction |
synthesis reactions are: | Anabolism |
Partly syntheis and partly decomposition reactions are known as: | Exchange reactions |
A synthesis reaction requires energy and is known as | endergonic reaction |
A decomposition reaction yeilds energy and is known as | exergonic reaction |
Water is polar or non polar | polar |
The study of interactions between atoms and molecules | Chemistry |
The smallest unit of matter that enters into a chemical reaction is a: | atom |
Atoms interact to form | Molecules |
What structures are found at the nucleus of an atom | Protons and Neutrons |
An atom that has gained or lost electrons is a | Ion |
Attractions between ions of opposite charge is known as | Ionic Bonds |
When an atom gives a charge away becoming more positive is: | Cation |
When an atom is accepting a charge becoming more negative (heavy) is known as: | Anion |
This bond is formed when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons | Covalent Bonds |
This reaction absorbs energy | Endergonic |
This reaction releases energy | Exergonic |
This is a synthesis of molecules in a cell | Anabolism |
This is decomposistion reaction in a cell | Catabolism |
A main energy source for cells are | Carbohydrates |
Disaccharides are formed when 2 monosaccharides are joined in ___ synthesis? | dehydration |
Disaccharides can be broken down by ___ | hydrolisis |
This is a polymer of 2 sugars repeating many times | Chitin |
Nucleotides consist of | Pentose Phosphate Group Nitrogen Base |
Nucleosides consist of | Pentose Nitrogen Base |
In DNA A binds with | T |
In DNA C binds with | G |
In RNA A bonds with | U |
In RNA C bonds with | G |
How is ATP made, and how is it broken down | dehydration synthesis, hydrolysis |
The breakdown of energy in ATP s used for | Anabolic Reactions |