Biochem Review

Compounds that have carbon and hydrogen

• Inorganic

• Organic

What is the main function of carbohydrates?

• Supply most of the energy that cells need

• To store energy (long-term)

• To speed up chemical reactions

• To store, copy, and transmit genetic information

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Polysaccharides are

• Simple carbohydrates

• Complex carbohydrates

• Fructose

• Glucose

When humans intake too many carbohydrates, the excess carbs are stored as

• Glycogen

• Starch

• Cellulose

• Veggies

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Which type of lipid makes up the cell membrane?

• Triglyceride

• Phospholipid

• Creatilipid

• Amino acid

What is a protein: 

• A polymer composed of many sugars.
• A polymer composed of many amino acids. 
• A polymer composed of fatty acids. 
• A polymer composed of nucleotides. 

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Enyzmes are a very important type of protein used to

• Build bones in skeleton
• Send hormonal signals throughout body
• Speed up chemical reactions
• Photosynthesize glucose in plants

This is one job proteins do NOT have in the body

• storing genetic information

• structure

• immunity

• transport things through cell membrane

What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?

• The enzymes die.

• The shapes of the enzyme are altered or denatured

• The enzymes' amino acid sequence changes.

• The enzymes remain the same

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DNA and RNA are examples of...

• proteins
• nucleic acids
• carbohydrates
• lipids