Biochem Biojeopardy

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Biochem Biojeopardy
Carbo-hydrates Lipids Nucleic Acids Proteins Chemistry Potpourri
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The building blocks (monomers) of carbohydrates
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• What are monosaccharides?

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Two sugars
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• What are disaccharides?

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The two functions of carbohydrates
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• What are
• 1. Quick Energy
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• 2. Structure?

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The polysaccharide found in an animals liver and
muscle (Hint not starch)
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• What is glycogen?

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The hydrolysis of this molecule (with the help of
enzymes) breaks a bond and releases energy for
the cell to use.
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• What is
• ATP ? ADP

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A polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls
a linear structure of thousands of linked
glucosesthe most common organic molecule on Earth
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• What is a cellulose?

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Building block (monomer) of most lipids
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• What are fatty acids?

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The function of lipids
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• What is a long term energy storage?

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Fatty acids that are straight chains, solid at
room temperature and usually unhealthy
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• What are saturated fatty acids?
• SATURATED UNSATURATED

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This diagram is an example of a special class
of lipids (without a fatty acid / glycerol
structure)
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• What are steroids?

Testosterone an androgen, male sex hormone synthesized in the testes, responsible for secondary male sex characteristics, produced from progesterone
Estradiol an estrogen, principal female sex hormone, produced in the ovary, responsible for secondary female sex characteristics
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The building block (monomer)of nucleic acids
made of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a
nitrogenous base
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• What is a nucleotide?

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The two major types of nucleic acids
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• What are DNA and RNA?

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The four types of nitrogenous bases (found in RNA)
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• What are (A)denine, (G)uanine, (C)ytosine, and
  (U)racil

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The function of nucleic acids
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• What is
• 1)Store information and/or 2)Transfer information
  (to make proteins)?

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(Of carbohydrates and lipids), the one that is
soluble in water
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• What are carbohydrates

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There are 20 different types of these that make
up proteins.
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• What are amino acids?

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The bond that joins the polypeptide building
blocks together
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• What is a peptide bond?

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A type of protein that changes the rate (lowers
the activation energy)of chemical reactions in
the body
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• What is an enzyme?

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This is the basic structure (draw it) for all
amino acids
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• What is

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All organic molecules contain this element
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• What is Carbon?

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The type of reaction that breaks polymers down
into monomers (by adding water)
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• What is a hydrolysis reaction?

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The four types of organic molecules
(macromolecules)
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• What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and
  nucleic acids

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An example of a lipid found in cell membranes
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• What is
• A phospholipid

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It is the word that describes the ability of a
substance to dissolve in another
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• What is solubility?

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It determines the behavior and the function of a
protein
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• What is the sequence of amino acids

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Daily Double
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It is the part of the amino acid that determines
its shape
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• What is the variable R group

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