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Biochemistry -
correct answer ✅the study of living organisms at the molecular
level (organisms are largely uniform at the molecular level!)
Carbon -
correct answer ✅the most abundant element in organisms
Carbon Bonds -
correct answer ✅Capable of 4 bonds
Carbon Combustion -
correct answer ✅Gives off more energy during combustion
Carbon Dioxide -
correct answer ✅a molecule that is soluble in water
Proteins -
correct answer ✅are polymers of Amino Acids
Nucleic Acids -
correct answer ✅are polymers of Nucleotides
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Lipids -
correct answer ✅are polymers of Nothing !!!
Carbohydrates -
correct answer ✅are polymers of Monosaccharides
Proteins -
correct answer ✅what are held together by peptide/(amide)
bonds?
Amino Acids -
correct answer ✅what are made up of Amine group (NH2),
Carboxylic Acid group (COOH), Hydrogen group (H), R group (any
one functional group) ?
Nucleic Acids -
correct answer ✅what is made up of a Base (Adenine, Guanine,
Cytosine, Thymine, or Uracil), Sugar, Phosphoryl Group
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) -
correct answer ✅Double helix structure with Four base pairs
(Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine)
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) -
correct answer ✅what has a single stranded structure with Four
base pairs (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil) unlike DNA?
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) -
correct answer ✅what has an additional hydroxyl (OH-) group
attached?
mRNA -
correct answer ✅is the template for the synthesis of proteins
why do DNA and RNA contain weak hydrogen bonds? -
correct answer ✅to allow for DNA to easily self-replicate, mRNA
to translate into proteins
Lipids -
correct answer ✅what molecule is important for energy storage
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and for forming the barrier between different compartments of
cells?
Phospholipid Bilayer -
correct answer ✅makes up the cell membrane, with hydrophilic
and hydrophobic regions
Glucose -
correct answer ✅the most common carbohydrate
Glycogen -
correct answer ✅what is a polymer of glucose that's deposited in
body tissues?
Central Dogma -
correct answer ✅the basic principles of biological information
transfer: DNA -> Transcription -> RNA (mRNA) -> Translation ->
Protein
DNA -
correct answer ✅what undergoes "self-replication"?