Chemical Principles
The 3 building blocks of atoms
What are proton, neutron, and electron?
Water is considered the universal ___________ as most things dissolve in it.
What is a solvent?
The chemical formula for glucose
What is C6H12O6?
all living things are composed of cells
What is the Cell Law?
One distinct living being
What is an organism?
This describes something that ALWAYS happens the same way.
What is a law?
Compounds that do NOT dissolve in water
A Disaccharide is a ___ carbon sugar
What is 12?
The outer covering of EVERY cell
What is a plasma membrane?
A molecule that has both a positive (+) and a negative (-) end
What is a polar molecule?
The number of protons in an atom
What is the atomic number?
Compounds that DO dissolve in water
What is hydrophilic?
Their primary function is to store and use energy
What are large carbohydrates (or polysaccharides)?
A cell that has a TRUE nuclei
What is eukaryotes?
Steroids, hormones, bile salts, cholesterol and vitamin D are all examples of this.
What are fat-like molecules?
The bond between atoms that is by SHARING atoms
What is a covalent bond?
The amount of energy it takes to raise one gram of water one degree
What is a calorie?
Triglycerides are made up of what?
What is a 3-glycerol backbone attached to fatty acids?
A cell that has a nucleoid with no membrane separating it from the rest of the cell
What is a prokaryote?
What is ionic bond?
Atoms of two molecules are rearranged to form different product molecules
What is a chemical reaction?
A solution that has more acid than a base is called ___________.
What is acidic?
A monounsaturated fat
What is a fatty acid with only one double bond?
A membrane bound structure within eukaryotic cells that carry out specific functions
What are organelles?
A membrane bound structure that contains the chromosomes (& DNA)
What is a nucleus?