Properties of Water
The property of water that allows water bugs to walk on top of the water without falling through
What is surface tension?
The product(s) in this reaction 2H + O -> H2O
What is water or H2O?
A polymer is made out of these smaller units
What is a monomer?
The weakest type of chemical bond
What is hydrogen bond?
The cell membrane's function
The property of water that gives it a slightly negative charge on one end and a slightly positive charge on the other end
What is polarity?
A protein that helps speed up chemical reactions
What is an enzyme?
The biomolecule associated with our genetic code and DNA
What is nucleic acid?
A type of bond that shares electrons between the atoms in the molecule
What is covalent bonding?
The cell membrane is mainly composed of this type of molecule
What is a phospholipid?
The property of water relates to water being able to dissolve many substances like sugar and salt
What is Universal Solvent?
A chemical reaction that gives of heat
What is exothermic?
This biomolecule's monomer is amino acids
What is protein?
A type of bond where the resulting atoms have either a positive or negative charge and electrons are exchanged
What is an ionic bond?
The term that means that the cell membrane lets some substances through and keeps out other substances
What is selectively or semi-permeable?
The property of water that allows it to stick to other materials
What is adhesion?
The name for a substance that lowers the activation energy of a reaction
What is a catalyst?
This biomolecule is really good at giving quick doses of energy
What is carbohydrates?
A covalently bonded molecule where the electrons are shared unequally
What is a polar molecule?
Facilitated diffusion is made possible by this biomolecule
What is a protein or protein channel?
The property of water that allows plants to take up water against the force of gravity through a narrow stem
What is capillary action?
An enzyme that has been exposed to heat or pH and no longer binds to its substrate
What is denatured?
One function of lipids
This type of bond is the reason why water has surface tension
What is hydrogen bonding?
Active diffusion requires energy and has these two forms