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Bio 1015 Snow College Gordillo
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
05/23/2011

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Different macromolecules include
Definition
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Term
Null Hypothesis
Definition
Your expected result
Term
Alternative Hypothesis
Definition
An alternative to the Null Hypothesis
Term
A hypothesis can be ________ or you can ___________
Definition
rejected; fail to reject
Term
In an experiment, the control is:
Definition
The untested or unchanged sample that you use to compare your test to
Term
Lipids are hydro_____
Definition
phobic
Term
Lipids contain a _______ and a ________
Definition
carbon chain & Carboxyl group
Term
Saturated fatty acids are "more" /or/ "less" healthy for you than Unsaturated fatty acids?
Definition
Less (their tight packing makes them solid at room temp and thus raises your bad or ldl cholesterol level)
Term
Examples of 5 carbon sugars
Definition
ribose
deoxyribose
Term
Ex: of 6 C sugar
Definition
glucose
fructose
Term
Plant sugar is _______ and animal sugar is ________
Definition
starch, glycogen
Term
frucose + glucose =
Definition
sucrose
Term
cellulose has an up-down, up-down pattern of arranging the glucose rings and starch has ___________ pattern
Definition
all up (or all down, depending on how you're looking at it)
Term
Polypeptides are also called
Definition
Proteins
Term
Proteins are made up of 20 different
Definition
amino acids
Term
bonds between the AAs in a protein are called
Definition
peptide bonds
Term
enzymes are a kind of
Definition
protein
Term
vitamins often function as
Definition
coenzymes
Term
cofactors are
Definition
inorganic helpers like Zn, Mg,... to assist enzymes in catalyzing a reaction
Term
Amino acids have 1______ group and 1 _______ group attached to a residual carbon (-R group)
Definition
Amine
Carboxyl
Term
Nucleic acids are made of a ________, a _________ and a __________ connected with an ester bond to another nucleic acid.
Definition
Nucleotide Base
Sugar
Phosphate group
Term
ATP is a
Definition
Nucleic Acid with 3 phosphate groups, a ribose and adenine (nucleotide base)
Term
Bases in a Nucleic acid are ______ if they're double rings and ________ if they're single
Definition
Purines double
Pyrimidines single
Term
Molish tests for
Definition
Sugars (purple)
Term
Phosphomolybidic tests for
Definition
Lipids (grayish)
Term
Ninhydrin tests for
Definition
Amino Acids (purple)
Term
Examples of carbohydrates
Definition
cellulose
glucose
glycogen
starch
ribose
Term
Important functional groups in Carbohydrates?
Definition
Alcohol
Carbonyl
Term
Lard, Lecithin, Vegetable oil, Cholesterol, Oleic Acid and Progesterone are types of what?
Definition
lipids
Term
Main identifier of steroids? (keeps them rigid)
Definition
4 connected rings
Term
Insulin, Melanin and Keratin are examples of a ____?
Definition
protein
Term
alcohol groups make a molecule soluble or insoluble in water?
Definition
soluble
Term
Microscope magnifies 40X with_______
100X with ______
400X with_______
Definition
40- Red or scanning
100- Yellow or low
400- Blue or high
Term
light microscopes measure in ______meters
Definition
MICRO
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