Vocabulary
Macromolecules
Bonds
Properties of Water
Chemical Reactions and Enzymes
100
What is the basic unit of matter?
Atom
100
What is a large carbon molecule in living things?
Macromolecule
100
What is formed when one or more electrons is transferred from one atom to another?
Ionic bond
100
Is a water molecule polar or nonpolar?
Polar
100
What is a process that changes one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals?
Chemical Reaction
200
What is a small chemical unit that makes up a polymer?
Monomer
200
What is the monomer of a carbohydrate molecule?
Monosaccharide
200
What is formed as the result of sharing electrons?
Covalent bond
200
What measures the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution?
pH scale
200
What is the energy needed to get a reaction started called?
Activation Energy
300
What is a force of attraction between different kinds of molecules?
Adhesion
300
What is the monomer of a nucleic acid molecule?
Nucleotides
300
What is the type of electron that can from bonds?
Valence elcectron
300
What is a physical combination of two or more substances?
Mixture
300
What is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst?
Enzymes
400
What is a compound that prevents a sudden change in pH?
Buffer
400
What is the monomer of a protein molecule?
Amino Acids
400
What is the slight attraction that develops between oppositely charged regions of nearby molecules?
Van der Waals Forces
400
What is the substance that gets dissolved?
Solute
400
What is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction?
Catalyst
500
What is a simple sugar molecule?
Monosaccharide
500
What is the monomer of a lipid molecule?
There is not one.
500
What type of bond does saturated fat have, single or double bonds?
Single bond
500
What is a compound that forms hydrogen ions in a solution?
Acid
500
What binds to a part of an enzyme called the active site and remains bound to the enzyme until the reaction is complete?
Substrate
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