Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Atoms
Solutions and suspensions
Carbon compounds
100
The basic unit of matter
What is an atom?
100
An atom that has a positive or negative charge
What is an ion?
100
The center of an atom, which contains the protons and neutrons
What is a nucleus?
100
Mixture of water and non dissolved material
What is suspension?
100
Function: provide main source of energy for living things Monomer: monosaccharide (single sugar molecule)
What is carbohydrates?
200
The smallest unit of most compounds that displays all of the properties of that compound
What is a molecule?
200
A chemical bond formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another
What is an ionic bond?
200
Negatively charged particles located in the space surrounding the nucleus
What is electrons?
200
Type of mixture in which all the components are evenly distributed
What is a solution?
200
Function: store energy, create a biological membrane or waterproof covering Monomer: glycerol + fatty acid
What is lipids?
300
An attraction between molecules of the same substance
What is cohesion?
300
Theforce of attraction between different kinds of molecules
What is adhesion?
300
Pure substances that consists entirely of one type of atom
What is elements?
300
Material composed of two or more elements or compounds that are physically mixed together but not chemically combined
What is a mixture?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Function: store and transmit genetic information Monomer: nucleotide
What is nucleic acids?
400
A small chemical unit that makes up a polymer
What is a monomer?
400
Molecules composed of many monomers
What is polymers?
400
One of several forms of a single element, which contains the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
What is isotopes?
400
Substance that is dissolved in a solution
What is solute?
400
Function: control rate of reactions, regulate cell processes, form important cellular structures, transport substances in/out of cells and help fight disease Monomer: amino acids
What is proteins?
500
Protein catalyst that speeds up the rate of specific biological reactions
What is enzymes?
500
Reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction
What is a substrate?
500
Type of bond between atoms in which the electrons are shared
What is covalent bonds?
500
Dissolving substances in a solution
What is solvent?
500
Sequence of amino acids, folding/coiling of polypeptide chain, 3D arrangement of polypeptide chain, Arrangement of 2+ chains with respect to one another
What is the four levels of structure?
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