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BIO 300 Exam 2
Lipids macromolecule ( Triglycerides, Steroids, Phospholipids
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Undergraduate 1
02/26/2014

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Unsaturated
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Saturaded
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Name the 3 main Lipids
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Triglycerides, Steroids, Phospholipids
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What are triglycerides
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Fats
Term
What 3 things that triglycerides do for the human body?
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Energy, Cushioning organs, Insulation
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What links the fatty acids to the glycerol
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Dehydration Synthesis
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There are two types of fatty acids what are they?
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Saturated and Unsaturated
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What form does unsaturated fats take at room temperature?
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Liquid State
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What form does saturated fats take at room temperature?
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Solid Form
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What is the process when you take a unsaturated fat and convert it to saturated fat?
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Hydrogenation
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How long can a fatty acid be in a triglyceride
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2 - 26 carbons in length
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What the name of the lipid that has a 3 carbon backbone called glycerol with 3 long carbon chains called fatty acids
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Triglycerides
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Saturated fatty acids have maximum number of _________ bonded to their carbon atoms
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Hydrogen
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List the different parts of a triglyceride
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Glycerol and 3 fatty acids
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Lipids are insoluble in water because the are nonpoar. True or False
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TRUE
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What fat is usually liquid at room temperature
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Unsaturated
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What molecule is consider to be the base steroid
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Cholesterol
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Which fatty acid has a single bonded carbon atoms in its fatty acid
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Saturated
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What happens to the fatty acid where there is a double bound between the carbons
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The fatty acid bends
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How many carbon bounds have to be in a saturated acid
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4 bounds
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Which fatty acid has a double bonded carbon atoms in its fatty acid and bends
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unsaturated
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Were does cholesterol come from in the human body
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Liver
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What is the daily recommended dosage of cholesterol
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200 to 400mg
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What other steroids in your boudy that comes from cholesterol
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hormones, estrogen, testosterone
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_______ have the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to carbon.
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Saturated fatty acids
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_________ have less than the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to the carbons.
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Unsaturated fatty acids
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______ is the base steriod from which your body produces other steroids.
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Cholesterol
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What are the two ways biochemical ways that cells extract energy from nutrient molecules?
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Cellular Respiration, Fermentation
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The oxidation of foodstuff to obtain energy is called ______________
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Cellular Respiration
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Aerobic means
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Cellular Respiration
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Anaerobic means
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Fermatation
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ATP
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Adenosine Triphosphate
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What is the purpose of manufacturing ATP
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extract energy for the cell
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All cells convert the potential energy found in food molecules into ATP through___________________
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Cellular respiration
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What cells does cellular respiration take place in?
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Plants and Animals cells
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What cells does fermentation take place in?
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Bacteria, Yeast cells
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Where does cellular respiration take place in a cell?
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Mitochondria
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Aerobic is with oxygen or with out oxygen
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with oxygen
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Where does the first stage cellular respiration take place?
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In the cells cytoplasm
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What happens to the molecule of glucose in stage 1 of aerobic respiration?
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Glucose is split into two molecules of pyruvic acid
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Cellular respiration produces _____ ATP molecules per molecule of glucose
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36
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What is it the process called in stage 2 of cellular respiration where the breakdown of sugare take place?
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Krebs Cycle
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What other molecules can cellular respiration burn besides glucose?
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Carbohydrates Fats Proteins
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Anarobic is another name for
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Fermentation
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Anerobic means
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Without oxygen
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Fermentation only produces ______ ATP molecules of glucose.
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2
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Only some _________ and ________ can survive on the low energy output of fermentation.
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Bacteria Fungi
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What is the byproduct of fermentation?
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Ethyle Alcohol CO2 Lactic acid
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What happens to muscle cells glucose when not enough oxygen cant get to them.
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produces Lactic Acid
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What is the byproduct of cellular resperation
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CO2 Water
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