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| What are the 4 major organic molecules? |
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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nuclei acids
Lipids |
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| What is the basic formula for a carbohydrate? |
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| What type of carbohydrates are used by living things? |
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Definition
Most simple carbohydrates are simple sugars
(monosaccharide)
mono: one
sacchride: sugar |
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| What are 3 simple sugars? |
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Definition
Fructose
Galactose
Lactase |
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| How can we define digestion? |
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Definition
| Breakdown molecules from complex to simple. (Starch) (Sugar) |
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| What is mechanical digestion? |
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Definition
| The process of breaking down food by chewing (teeth) |
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| What is chemical digestion? |
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Definition
The process of food breaking down from complex to simple
Ex: lipid - fatty acids & glycerol |
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| What does the equation of dehydration synthesis look like? |
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Definition
| C6H12O6 + C6H12O6 + C12H24O12 |
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| If we combine two or more simple sugars together it's called a |
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