Chemistry Basics
Chemistry Basics II
Water, Solutions, & pH
Organic Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry II
100
This is the basic unit of all matter
What are atoms?
100
These are the 3 subatomic particles.
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
100
The term neutral indicates that a substance has a pH of...
What is 7?
100
When this element is present in a compound, it is considered to be organic.
What is carbon?
100
An organism's genetic information is stored in this macromolecule.
What is DNA?
200
The process by which atoms or groups of atoms in substances are reorganized into different substances.
What is a chemical reaction?
200
A positively charged subatomic particle.
What is a proton?
200
Substances with pH below 7.
What are acids?
200

The building blocks for carbohydrates are called

What are monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, sucrose)?

200
These types of organic molecules serve as the major energy source for humans and other multicellular organisms.
What are carbohydrates?
300
The energy needed to get a chemical reaction to proceed.
What is activation energy?
300
A negatively charged particle located outside the atom's nucleus.
What is an electron?
300

Water molecules are polar because hydrogen and oxygen have slight charges. What are the charges on Hydrogen and Oxygen?

What is Oxygen (-) & is Hydrogen (+)?

300
The name of an enzyme usually ends in these three letters.
What are ase?
300

Lipids do not mix with water because they are

What is nonpolar?

400
A pure substance made up of only one kind of atom.
What is an element?
400

A bond that forms between the hydrogen atoms of one water molecule and the oxygen atom of another.

Hydrogen Bond

400

This occurs when water sticks to other materials

What is adhesion?

400

This macromolecule is a biological catalyst that reduces the activation energy needed to get a reaction started. 

What is a protein (enzyme)?

400

A long chain of many monomers is called a 

What is a polymer?

500
This is the number of atoms present in a glucose molecule - C6H12O6.
What is 24?
500
In this type of reaction, energy is released.
What is exothermic?
500
This substance serves as the solvent in many solutions important to biology.
What is water?
500
A macromolecule formed from amino acids linking together by peptide bonds.
What is a protein? (or polypeptide)
500
The number of bonds a single carbon atom can form.
What is four?
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