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Students preparing for the MCAT often reach for ready-made decks, but Barron's MCAT flashcards work best when they match the exact pages you are reading and the practice questions you get wrong.

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Example MCAT biochemistry and chemistry flashcards

What does the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation relate?It relates pH to pKa and the ratio of conjugate base to weak acid concentrations: pH = pKa + log([A-]/[HA]).

What does Le Chatelier's principle say?A system at equilibrium shifts to partly counteract an applied change in concentration, pressure or temperature.

What does the Michaelis constant (Km) measure?The substrate concentration at which an enzyme reaches half its maximum reaction velocity.

What does the citric acid (Krebs) cycle produce per acetyl-CoA?3 NADH, 1 FADH2, 1 GTP (equivalent to ATP) and 2 CO2.

How do sigma and pi bonds differ?Sigma bonds form by end-to-end orbital overlap and allow free rotation, while pi bonds form by side-to-side overlap and restrict rotation.

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There is no fixed number, but a practical target is one card per distinct fact or formula you keep missing. A chapter often yields a few dozen cards rather than hundreds, so start with the topics you score lowest on in practice tests.

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