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1. Reactant
2. Product
3. Acid
4. Base
5. pH
6. Organic Compound
7. Monomer
8. Polymer
9. Carbohydrate
10. Lipid
11. Protein
12. Amino Acid
13. Enzyme
14. Catalyst
15. Active Site
16. Substrate
17. Denature
18. Nucleic Acids
19. Nucleotide
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Unit 2 Vocabulary Assignment
Organic molecule made of nucleotides; used for information storage
Molecules that are ‘used’ in a chemical reaction; on the left side of the
equation
Fats and oils; used for long term energy storage
Organic compound that is the building block of organisms; made of amino
acids
Number (from 0-14) measuring the amount of hydrogen ions in a solution
Molecules made during chemical reactions; on the right side of the equation
A chemical that releases hydrogen ions in a solution
Chemicals centered around carbon, not including carbon dioxide
A chain of small units, which forms a large compound
Monomer of Nucleic Acids; has different bases named with letters
When a protein’s shape has been disturbed, causing it to no longer function
A special type of protein that catalyzes chemical reactions
Small molecules that link to form very large ones
The monomer that makes up proteins
A chemical that releases hydroxide (-OH) ions in a solution
Any chemical that speeds up chemical reactions without being used up
The chemical that an enzyme modifies
Part of the enzyme that the substrate bonds to; specially shaped
Large sugars, used for quick energy
Unit 2 Test Review – Biochemistry
1. What are the three main bond types? Describe them
2. What is the pH scale? Draw it
3. Which end is acid? Which is base? What is neutral?
4. What are the characteristics of water that make it important to life?
5. What does it mean that water is polar?
6. Explain the bonding within and between water molecules.
7. What is the difference in organic and inorganic molecules?
8. What are the 4 organic molecules and the monomer (subunit) of each?
9. What is the purpose of each of the macromolecules?
10. What is the difference in a monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide?
11. What are some examples of each of the 4 macromolecules?
12. Define catalyst
13. What are 2 things that can change the rate of enzyme reaction?
14. What is the difference in the active site and the substrate?
15. What does the “lock and key” feature of enzymes indicate?