Chemical Reactions
Water
Acids & Bases
Macromolecules
Miscellaneous
100
A positively charged subatomic particle
What is a proton?
100
Bonding of like molecules often by hydrogen as in water
What is cohesion?
100
A compound that produces hydrogen ions in solution
What is an acid?
100
Made of long chains or polymers of amino acids
What are proteins?
100
The removal of water; occurs during polymerization of monomers into polymers (macromolecules)
What is dehydration synthesis?
200
Two or more different atoms are combined indefinite proportions
What is a compound?
200
Measure of how hard it is to break the surface of water created by cohesion
What is surface tension?
200
Measure of the relative acidity of solutions (range of 0-14)
What is pH scale?
200
Molecules used to store energy in living things.
What are lipids and carbohydrates?
200
Activating an inactive enzyme due to coldness
What is increasing temperature?
300
Region where a reactant binds to an enzyme
What is an active site?
300
The main inorganic solvent in cells AKA the univeral solvent
What is water?
300
used to weaken the acidity or akalinity of a substance, such as limestone gravel poured into acidic lakes
What is buffering?
300
A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
What is a nucleotide (nucleic acid)?
300
Extreme heat applied to enzyme causes this change of nature
What is denaturing?
400
This occurs when two atoms form a chemical bond...Name both ways.
What is sharing or transferring of electrons?
400
The separation of the atoms in water, specifically H+ and OH- (Hydrogen and Hydroxide ions)
What is dissociation?
400
The counteracting of acids by its equally potent base which results in a pH of 7.
What is neutralization?
400
Contains glyerol and fatty acids
What are lipids?
400
Do not contain nuclei, bacteria
What is a prokaryote?
500
This lowers a chemical reaction's activation energy?
What is a catalyst or enzyme?
500
Capillary action is an example of this property in which water molecules are attracted to different substances
What is adhesion?
500
Excessive OH- (hydroxide ions)
What is a base? (alkaline)
500
Provides the greatest amount of energy per gram of mass when metabolized
What is a lipid?
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