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Biochemistry Test Review
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Vocabulary. Know the meaning of the following terms:
Acid
- Nucleus
-Solvent
Atom
- pH
-Solute
Base
- Solution
-Hydrolysis
Compound
- Diffusion
-Dehydration Synthesis
Covalent bond
- Dynamic Equilibrium
(Polymerization)
Element
- Hydrogen Bond
-Protein
Ion
- Polar molecule
-Molecule
Ionic bond
- Amino Acid
- Lipid
Isotope
- Carbohydrate
Mixture
Metabolism
- Enzyme
Concept Questions:
List the five natural elements which make up 96% of the human body.
What is an organic compound vs. inorganic?
List the total number of atoms in the following compound: C18H36O2
Elements with a different number of neutrons that protons such as Carbon-13 and
Carbon-14 are considered______________.
Explain pH and illustrate the pH scale.
What do acids form in water?/ What do bases form in water?
Draw an illustration of diffusion. Describe dynamic equilibrium.
What is Brownian motion?
What is the difference between Osmosis and Diffusion?
Compare a compound and a molecule.
Draw the structure of an atom and illustrate where all it’s components are located.
Compare and contrast mixtures and solutions.
Discuss the polar property of water.
Why are polar molecules attracted to each other? (what is this bond called?)?
Be able to determine the amount of electrons that are located in energy levels [i.e.
electron clouds]
O H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
H O
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C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C H
H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
Label the structures above.
List the uses in your body for each of the above.
Compare the structures of each and describe the differences.
In all cases except the Nucleic acid, the pictures only show a monomer. For the nucleic acid,
tell me what the monomer is that makes it, and tell me the different types of nucleic acid.
For the remaining the remaining three molecules, tell me what the polymer is: