Jeopardy
Organic
Basics
Carbs and
Proteins
Lipids
Misc.
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Vocab
Final Jeopardy
Vocab - $100
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This chain of carbon atoms is in almost every
organic compound, but it can vary in many
factors.
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What is the carbon skeleton?
Vocab - $200
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This is the shape of DNA.
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What is the double helix?
Vocab - $300
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This structural level of a protein consists of its
three-dimensional shape.
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What is tertiary structure?
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These fatlike molecules are a major part of cell
membranes, where they cluster into a bilayer.
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What are phospholipids?
Vocab - $500
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This polysaccharide is used by insects and
crustaceans to build an exoskeleton.
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What is chitin?
Organic Basics - $100
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These reactions make and break polymers,
respectively. Name both of the reactions.
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What are dehydration reaction and hydrolysis?
Organic Basics - $200
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These are the four classes of biological
macromolecules. Name three of them.
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What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and
nucleic acids?
DOUBLE
JEOPARDY
Organic Basics - $300
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These are compounds made of only carbon and
hydrogen. An example is methane, or CH4.
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What are hydrocarbons?
Organic Basics - $400
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These are the five main functional groups that
affect biological molecules’ functions in
characteristic ways. Name four of them.
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What are the hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl,
amino, and phosphate groups?
Organic Basics - $500
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These are the four classes of functional groups
that consist of only hydrogen and carbon. One of
them is arenes. Name another.
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What are alkanes, alkenes, or alkynes?
Carbs and Proteins - $100
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These are the simplest carbohydrates.
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What are monosaccharides?
Carbs and Proteins - $200
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These proteins are found in muscle, where, true
to their name, they help the muscles contract.
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What are contractile proteins?
Carbs and Proteins - $300
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These are the two functional groups in every
amino acid. Name both of them.)
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What are the amino and carboxyl groups?
Carbs and Proteins - $400
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Are amino acids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Hydrophobic
B. Hydrophilic
C. Both
D. Neither
A.
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What is C, both?
Carbs and Proteins - $500
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A polypeptide chain can be denatured in three
ways. Name all of them.
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What are changes in salt concentration, pH
concentration, and heat?
Lipids - $100
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These lipids are made of glycerol and fatty acids.
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What are fats?
Lipids - $200
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These fatty acids contain double bonds and have
less than the maximum number of hydrogens
available.
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What are unsaturated fats?
Lipids - $300
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This specific lipid is composed of fused ring
structures and plays a significant role in the cell
membrane. It is also the compound from which
we synthesize sex hormones.
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What is cholesterol?
Lipids - $400
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This is what most cell membranes are made out
of. It consists of the hydrophobic tails of
something binding together and the hydrophilic
heads staying apart.
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What is the phospholipid bilayer?
Lipids - $500
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These are caused by double bonds in the carbon
chain. They occur in unsaturated fats.
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What are bends?
Miscellaneous - $100
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These are the three models that can be used to
show organic compounds. Name them.
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What are the structural formula, the ball-andstick model, and the space-filling model?
Miscellaneous - $200
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True or false: Carbon skeletons can vary in
length, branching, double bonds, and can form
rings.
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What is true?
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This is a protein’s unique amino acid sequence.
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What is the primary structure?
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This storage polysaccharide is composed of
glucose and is hydrolyzed by animals when
glucose is needed.
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What is glycogen?
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This structure results from folding or coiling a
polypeptide.
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What is secondary structure?
Final Jeopardy
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Draw the basic structure of an amino acid.
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H O
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H—N—C—C—OH
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H R