Definitions
Small chemical unit that makes up a polymer.
What is a monomer
Type of bond found in NaCl
What is an ionic bond?
A mixture where small particles don't dissolve in the solvent but remain evenly dispersed
What is a suspension?
What is carbon?
Examples of this are waxes, oils, and fats
What are lipids?
pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom
What is an element?
The compounds created when NaOH and HCl react.
What are NaCl and H2O?
This force allows spiders to walk on water
What is cohesion?
The amount of valence electrons that carbon atoms possess
What are 4 valence electrons?
the stored form of glucose that is made up of many connected glucose molecules in animals
What is glycogen?
atom that has a positive or negative charge
What is an Ion?
This subatomic particle is responsible for the formation of bonds
What is an electron?
compound that prevents sharp, sudden changes in pH
What is a buffer?
The structures that form when carbon atoms bond with each other
What are chains?
The energy molecule of cells
What is ATP?
compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
What are carbohydrates?
The electrons in the outermost shell of an atom
What are valence electrons?
this scale measures the concentration of H+ ions in a solution
The process in which monomers react with each other to create polymers
What is polymerization?
The main function of these macromolecules is to store and transmit genetic information
What are nucleic acids?
Force of attraction between different kinds of molecules
What is adhesion?
Bond that forms between carbon atoms
What is a covalent bond?
H2O <-> H+ + OH-
What is the water equilibrium equation?
What is a double bond?
The basic building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?