Nursing Entrance Exam – Kaplan questions and answers all correct

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Inorganic compounds Correct Answer: chemicals without carbon, sodium chloride, nitrogen and phospoorus Organic compounds Correct Answer: chemicals that contain carbon, that support life, includes pr... oteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids Carbohydrates Correct Answer: main class of biological molecules, composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, including sugars and starches What do carbohydrates provide? Correct Answer: Short term energy for metabolism and glucose, structural support for cells and organisms, cellulose in cell wall of plants (most abundant molecule on earth) Lipids (fats and oils) Correct Answer: Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, less oxygen than carbohydrates, store more energy than carbohydrates - long term energy. How do carbohydrates and lipids work together? Correct Answer: If you take in more carbohydrates than necessary, body stores them as fatty acids, they are re-synthesized as lipids called triglycerides and led to high cholesterol. Proteins Correct Answer: provide cells with the ability to carry out functions: chemical messangers, transport substances movement, immune defense, Enzymes Correct Answer: act as catalysts for all biochemical reactions, increase reaction rates by lowering activation energy Nucleic acids Correct Answer: building blocks of DNA and RNA Glycolysis Correct Answer: takes glucose, a sugar molecule with 6 carbon atoms and breaks it down to 2 pyruvate molecules, each with 3 carbon atoms to make NADH then make ATP through the electron transport chain. Edward has $400 more than Robert. After Edward spends $60 on groceries, he has 3 times more money than Robert. How much money does Robert have? Correct Answer: Edward has 400 more than Robert: x+400 Edward spends $60 on groceries: x+400-60 Edward has 3 times more than Robert:x+400-60=3x x+340=3x 340=2x [Show More]

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