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Chemistry of Life
Water
Organic Compounds
Macromolecules
100

The smallest unit of matter that can carry out all the processes of life.

What is a Cell

100

The nucleus of an atom is made up of these particles.

What are Protons and Neutrons

100
Bonds that hold a water molecule together.
What is Polar Covalent
100
Carbon has this many valence electrons.
What is Four
100
All cell membranes consist of these.
What is Phospholipids
200
The hereditary material in living things.
What is DNA
200

High-energy particles that circle the nucleus of an atom.

What are Electrons

200
Bonds between water molecules that leads to water's many emergent properties.
What is Hydrogen Bonds
200
Organic chemistry is the study of?
What is Carbon Compounds
200
Proteins are made up of these monomers.
What is Amino Acids
300

One atom completely gives up one or more of its valence electrons.

What is Ionic Bond?

300
Pure substances that cannot be broken down chemically.
What is Elements
300

If a solution has a pH of 11, it would be considered this.

What is A Base

300
The functional group that contains the element nitrogen.
What is Amino group
300
A reaction that synthesizes polymers.
What is Dehydration Reactions.
400
Populations of organisms evolve over generations primarily by this process.
What is Natural Selection
400
Type of covalent bond in which electrons are not shared equally.
What is Polar Covalent Bond
400

This property of water allows it to keep the Earth's temperature and climate relatively stable.

What is (high) specific heat?

400
The functional group that is found in alcohols.
What is Hydroxyl group
400
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose are all
What is Polysaccharides
500

What are the 6 elements that make up most of a living organism?

What are C,H,O,N,P,S. 

500

Atoms of same element that have different numbers of neutrons. Some can be radioactive.

What are Isotopes.

500
Why does ice float in liquid water?
What is Hydrogen bonding causes ice to be less dense than liquid water.
500
The functional group found in ATP.
What is Phosphate group
500
Enzymes are examples of this macromolecule.
What is Proteins
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