Properties of Water
What type of bond forms between two water molecules?
What is a Hydrogen bond
What are the four main macromolecules of life?
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
What are the four most common elements in living things?
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen
What type of macromolecule are enzymes?
What are proteins
What is the basic unit of life?
What is the cell.
What property allows water to stick to other water molecules?
What is cohesion
What is the monomer of proteins?
What is amino acids
What elements are found in all organic molecules?
What are Carbon and Hydrogen
What is the place on an enzyme where the substrate binds called?
What is the active site
What part of the atom determines how it bonds with other atoms?
What is the electrons
What state of matter is the least dense form of water?
What macromolecules store genetic information?
What are nucleic acids
What element is key on forming proteins but not carbohydrates or lipids?
What is Nitrogen
What happens to an enzyme when it gets too hot?
What is it denatures
What is the universal solvent?
What is water
What property allows water to move up plant roots and stems?
What is Capillary action
What macromolecule is used for long-term energy storage?
What are lipids
What element is a major component of DNA?
What is Phosphorus
What do enzymes do to the activation energy?
What is they lower it
What is the term for maintaining stable internal conditions?
What term describes water's ability to absorb a lot of heat without changing temperature much?
What is high specific heat
What type of carbohydrates make up the structure of cell walls?
What is oxygen essential for most living organisms?
What is required for cellular respiration.
What are two factors that most commonly affect enzyme activity?
What is Temperature and pH
What is the main source of energy for life on Earth?
What is the Sun.