Properties of Water
There is only 1 of these atoms in a molecule of water.
What is oxygen?
The liquid substance that dissolves another substance is called this.
What is a solvent?
Examples of carbohydrates include these molecules.
What are starches, sugars, etc.?
An enzyme belongs to this category of macromolecules.
What is a protein?
A molecule of water is formed from this type of bond.
What is a polar covalent bond?
In a glass of chocolate milk, this substance would be considered the solute.
What is chocolate syrup or cocoa powder?
The individual subunit of a polymer is called this.
What is a monomer?
The target molecule for an enzyme.
What is a substrate?
Water is considered the most dense in this state of matter.
What is a liquid?
Examples of these types of substances include lemon juice, coffee, and tomato juice.
What are acids?
The individual subunit of this macromolecule is a fatty acid.
What is a lipid?
The binding site of a substrate to an enzyme.
What is the active site?
This property of water describes its ability to "stick" to surfaces.
What is adhesion?
In order for a substance to be considered basic, it must have a pH range of this.
What is pH > 7?
Examples of this macromolecule include DNA and RNA.
What are nucleic acids?
This type of inhibitor binds to the allosteric site of an enzyme.
What is a noncompetitive inhibitor?
In a solution, water can behave like this type of substance?
What is BOTH an acid and a base?
A function of this macromolecule includes structural support.
What is a protein?
This is how enzymes speed up the rate of a reaction.
What is lowering the activation energy?