Atoms/Bonding
Water
Carbon Compounds
Molecules of Life
Vocab
100
A subatomic particle with a negative charge.
What is an electron?
100
This describes a molecule that has a charge.
What is a polar molecule?
100
A single subunit of a larger molecule.
What is a monomer?
100
Monomer for carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides?
100
Molecules that fear water
What is hydrophobic?
200
This subatomic particle can be found by subtracting the number of protons from the atomic mass.
What is a neutron?
200
The attraction between unlike material.
What is adhesion?
200
A long chain of carbon atoms bonded together.
What is a polymer?
200
Name for two joined amino acids
What is a dipeptide?
200
This is the term for the substance that binds to an enzyme.
What is a substrate?
300
The central core of an atom that contains protons and neutrons.
What is the nucleus?
300
Bonds that hold one water molecule to another water molecule.
What are hydrogen bonds?
300
All contain carbon atoms bonded together to make up living things.
What are organic compounds?
300
Monomer for a nucleic acid?
What is a nucleotide?
300
This is the term for the elements that enter a chemical reaction.
What are reactants?
400
This type of bond is formed by sharing of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
400
The attraction between the same materials.
What is cohesion?
400
These can be formed by combining multiple polymers.
What is a macromolecule?
400
Polymer of a protein.
What is a polypeptide?
400
A substance with a pH below 7 is considered this.
What is acidic?
500
This type of bond forms by an attraction between oppositely charged ions.
What is an ionic bond?
500
The property of water that helps regulate Earth's temperature?
What is high specific heat?
500
This is the name for catalysts in living things
What is an enzyme?
500
DNA is an example of this.
What is a nucleic acid?
500
This is a pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom.
What is an element?
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