Exploring Life
Chemistry of Life
Water
Organic Compounds
Macromolecules
100
The smallest unit of matter that can carry out all the processes of life.
What is Cell
100
The nucleus of an atom is made up of these particles.
What is 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 is 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
A group of tissues working together to perform a specific function.
What is Organ
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

The property of water that causes it to require large amounts of heat to change its temperature

What is high specific heat capacity
400

The name of the functional group COOH

What is carboxyl group

400
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose are all
What is Polysaccharides
500

A group of different species living together.

What is Community

500

The type of bond between all monomers of polymers

What is Covalent Bonds

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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