Anything that occupies space and has mass.
What is mass?
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
What are subatomic particles?
Fixed regions of space that electrons occupy around the nucleus.
What are electron shells or energy levels?
The most abundant inorganic compound in the body
What is water?
The building blocks of proteins
What is amino acids?
The ability to do work and put matter in motion.
What is energy?
Equal to the number of protons in an atom
What is an atomic number?
When electrons are completely transferred from one atom to another?
What is an ionic bond?
Salts are these substances that conduct an electrical current in solution
What is electrolytes?
The shape of a strand of DNA.
What is a double-helix or double-stranded?
Energy from visible light, UV waves, and x-rays
What is radiant energy?
Two or more structural varieties that almost all atoms exhibit
What is an isotope?
Considered the weakest chemical bond
What is a hydrogen bond?
Have a bitter taste, feel slippery, and are proton acceptors
What is a base?
Make up the basic blueprint of life, genes.
What is nucleic acids?
Energy used when pedaling a bike
What is mechanical energy?
This element has 7 electrons in its valence shell
What is chlorine?
Sodium binds with this element ionically to make salt
What is Chloride?
The blood in our body is between these two number on the pH scale
What is 7.35-7.45?
The basis for all body steriods
What is cholesterol?
Chemical energy from food that is trapped in the bonds of a high-energy chemical
What is ATP(adenosine triphosphate)?
This element has an atomic weight of 22.989.
What is sodium?
When hydrogen and carbon are covalently bonded it makes_______.
What is methane gas?
Regulated by a number of chemicals, the kidneys, and the lungs to maintain acid-base balances.
What is a buffer?
Carries out the orders of protein synthesis issued by DNA
What is RNA?