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Radioactivity
Radiation |
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Radioactivity - the emission of particles or energy (parts of atoms) from an unstable nucleus
Radiation - The energy or particles emitted. |
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| What are the three types of Radiation considered in nuclear chemistry listed from weakest to strongest? |
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Alpha - weakest
Beta - stronger
Gamma - strongest |
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| What is required to protect from gamma radiation? |
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| What two categories to carbohydrates fall into? |
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| What is the simplest form of sugar? |
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| Glucose - Note: The body reduces all sugars to glucose to metabolize. |
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| Glucose and Fructose are? |
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Two monosaccharides joined together
example - sucrose - table sugar |
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| more complex carbohydrates are? |
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| polysaccharides which are starches |
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| By what process does the body metabolize glucose? |
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| Glycolysis produces what substance used by cells for energy |
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| ATP - adenosine triphosphate |
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| What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic? |
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Aerobic is oxygen-rich glucose metabolism - the most efficient
Anaerobic - is oxygen deficient metabolism - converts glucose to lactate instead of ATP. Lactate causes muscles to cramp |
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| How can the body make glucose from noncarbohydrate sources? |
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| The liver can convert fats and proteins to glucose through the process of gluconeogenesis |
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| Which fats are better in the diet - saturated or unsaturated? |
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| What are two Nucleic acids and what do they do? |
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| DNA and RNA - They tell a cell what to do. They convey genetic information. |
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| Structurally - how are DNA and RNA different? |
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DNA has a double helical strand or chain whereas RNA has a single strand.
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