Energy
Energy at rest
What is Potential Energy?
The three subatomic particles
What are Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons?
This element has 8 protons
What is Oxygen?
Occurs between ions
What is an ionic bond?
Compound A loses electrons while Compound B gains electrons
What is an Oxidation-Reduction reaction?
The number of bonds carbon can make
What is 4?
Energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
The atomic number is determined by this particle
What are protons?
This element has no neutrons
What is hydrogen?
A bond in which electrons are shared
What is a covalent bond?
Water is created during this reaction
What is a dehydration synthesis reaction?
Starch, sugar, cellulose
What are carbohydrates?
Scientific law that states that the total energy stays constant
What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?
What are the protons and neutrons?
This element is most important for biochemistry
What is Carbon?
Force of attraction between molecules
What is a hydrogen bond?
The transfer of a phosphate group
What is a phosphorylation reaction?
Contains all hereditary information and manufactures proteins
What are nucleic acids?
State of matter which has the strongest attractive forces
What are solids?
These determine the reactivity of an atom
What are valence electrons?
What is helium?
A bond in which electrons are not evenly distributed and spend more time near an electronegative atom
What is a polar covalent bond?
What is a salt?
Monomers are amino acids
What are proteins?
State of matter that has the highest kinetic energy
What are gasses?
An atom with a different number of electrons than its atomic number
What is an Ion?
Group of elements with complete valence energy levels
What is Group 8, the Noble Gases?
This bond occurs when electrons are transferred between atoms
What is an Ionic Bond?
A polymer reacts with water to be broken down into monomers
What is a hydrolysis reaction?
The three types of lipids
What are triglycerides, phospholipids, and steroids?