H2O YO
What is universal solvent?
These three subatomic particles compose an atom
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
A reading of less than 7 on the pH scale
What is acidic?
DNA is an abbreviation for this two word term
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
The energy needed to get reactions started
What is activation energy?
Water's ability to absorb large amounts of thermal energy before its temperature increases
What is high heat capacity?
The subatomic particle that holds a negative charge
What is the electron?
An acid must contain this type of group
What is a carboxyl (or acid) group?
This is where DNA stores information, much like "Morse code"
What is in nucleotide bases? (or nitrogenous bases)
A weak electrical attraction between a partially positive hydrogen atom and a partially negative atom of another molecule (usually oxygen or nitrogen)
What is a hydrogen bond?
The property that describes water's ability to float as a solid
What is density?
This is calculated by adding the number of protons and the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
What is atomic number?
This is what varies the 20 amino acids
What is their side group?
The four nucleotide bases in DNA
What are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine?
Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water
What is hydrolysis?
Water's ability to attract other water molecules
What is cohesion?
Two different molecules that have the same chemical formula
What are isomers?
These three things determine the properties of a protein
This often delicious organic molecule must have the same ratio of hydrogen to oxygen as water (2:1)
What is a carbohydrate?
Water's ability to attract other polar substances
What is adhesion?
The bond that forms when an atom shares a pair of electrons
What is a covalent bond?
This has at least one double bond between carbon atoms
What is an UNsaturated fatty acid?
Three basic parts of a nucleotide
What are the phosphate group, the sugar, and the base?
A specific reactant an enzyme acts upon
What is a substrate?