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Ap bio ch. 5,6,7 test
1st test
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Biology
10th Grade
09/21/2008

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Term
In a hydrolysis reaction, _____, and in this process water is_____.
Definition
A monomers is broken up into its consituent polymers..... produces
Term
Glucose
Definition
simplest kind of carb
monomer
Term
Starch
Definition
Form in which plants store glucose to be available later as an energy source
Term
Cellulose
Definition
Polymer
made up of glucose molecules
a plant cell wall component
Term
What is responsible for the cohesive property of water?
Definition
Hydrogen bondind.
makes the water molecules leave the viens to tug on molecules further home.
Term
Which two functional groups characterizes an amino acid?
Definition
aminos and carboxylic acids
Term
Which macromolecule contains glycogen, cellulose, chitin, and frutose?
Definition
carbohydrates
Term
which macromolecule is synthesized at the ribosome?
Definition
Proteins
Term
Which macromolecule is used for buoyancy and insulationin marine Artic animals?
Definition
Lipid
Term
transmission electon microscope
Definition
Used for viewing the internal structure of the mitochondria
Term
Describes what happens to the surface area to volume ratio as a cell gets bigger
Definition
the bigger a cell gets, the smaller the surface area to volume ratio gets
Term
Which organelles modifies and package the secretion of products of the ribosomes?
Definition
Golgi apparatus
Term
Mitochondria
Definition
Site of conversion of energy from glucose to ATP
Term
four main classes or large biological moelcules
Definition
1.carbohydrates
2. lipids
3. proteins
4. nucleic acids
Term
monomers
Definition
connected by a reaction in which 2 molecules are covalently bonded to each other through loss of a water molecule.

repeating units that serve as the building blocks of a polymer
Term
Polymer
Definition
a long molecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds
Term
carbonyl group
Definition
C=O
Term
chitin
Definition
makes up exoskeleton of cockroachs, crabs, etc.
polysaccaride
Term
Lipids
Definition
Carbonyl
no charge
only macromolecule that isn't polymer
don't like water
Term
saturated fat
Definition
solid at room temperature
Term
unsaturated fat
Definition
missing hydrogen
Term
trans fat
Definition
unsaturated fat + hydrogen
Term
glycogen
Definition
main storage polysaccaride in animals
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