ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS

●● Mineral
Answer: Essential inorganic substances, usually required in small
amounts to perform functions in the body.


●● Nutrient
Answer: A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and
the maintenance of life.


●● Protein
Answer: An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of
amino acids. Function: growth and repair of tissue, make hormones,
enzymes and antibodies.


●● Carbohydrate
Answer: A simple or complex organic compound composed of carbon,
oxygen and hydrogen. Function: provides energy for organisms.


●● Lipid

, Answer: A group of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen; are insoluble in water. Function serve as a source of energy
or stored energy.


●● Nucleic acid
Answer: Organic molecules that make up DNA and RNA.


●● Enzyme
Answer: A protein that serves as a catalyst to breakdown molecules such
as starches into simple sugars.


●● substrate
Answer: A molecule acted upon by an enzyme.


●● macronutrient
Answer: A chemical substance that an organism must obtain in relatively
large amounts


●● micronutrient
Answer: An element that an organism needs in very small amounts


●● amino acid
Answer: Building blocks of protein