Biochemistry WGU C785 - Module 1

Hydrophilic Correct Answer: Having an affinity for water. Hydrophobic Correct Answer: substances that are not soluble in water. Hydrophobic substances include large, uncharged particles like fats and oils solvent Correct Answer: A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances Solute Correct Answer: A substance that is dissolved in a solution. Adhesive Correct Answer: Having the ability to stick to other surfaces. Cohesive Correct Answer: having the ability to stick together Heat of Vaporization Correct Answer: The amount of energy required for the liquid at its boiling point to become a gas Anticodon Correct Answer: Three-base sequence in a transfer RNA molecule base that pairs with a complementary codon in mRNA Central Dogma of Molecular Biology Correct Answer: DNA - RNA - Protein This paradigm was formulated by Grancis Crick: First, a portion of the DNA, a gene, is transcribed to produce a complementary strand of RNA; then RNA is translated into protein Codon Correct Answer: A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a st