Vocab
The attraction among molecules of a substance.
Cohesion
What rating on the pH scale has the highest Hydrogen concentration?
0
What are the three things all amino acids have a carbon bonded too?
Hydrogen, Amino group, and a Carboxyl group
This is reached when both the reactants and the products are made at the same rate
Does structure affect function or does function affect structure?
Structure affects function
Molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur.
Amino Acids
What increases its hydrogen concentration when it dissolves in water?
Acid
What is the name of a chain linked by peptide bonds?
Polypeptides
What are the two things that make up a chemical reaction?
Reactants and Products
What are catalysts for chemical reactions in living things?
Enzymes
The attraction among different substances
Adhesion
What are the two things that make up a solution?
Solvent and Solute
What are the two types of Lipid structures?
Phospholipids and Triglycerides
What is the amount of energy that will break a bond between two atoms?
Bond Energy
What is the name of the model that explains how enzymes and substrates work?
Lock-and-Key model
Each subunit in a complete molecule.
Monomer
Is water nonpolar or polar?
Polar
What are the three unique bonding properties for carbon called?
Straight, Branched, and Ring
What do we call a chemical reaction that absorbs more energy than it releases?
Endothermic
What do we call the reactants that an enzyme acts on?
Substrates
The amount of energy that needs to be absorbed for a chemical reaction to start.
Activation Energy
What kind do we call the property related to a Hydrogen bond's resistance to heat?
High Specific Heat
What are the four main types of carbon-based molecules?
Carbs, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids
What do we call a chemical reaction that releases more energy than it absorbs?
Exothermic
What are the two main things that Catalysts?
Increases the rate of the chemical reaction
Decreases the activation energy