Matter
Anything that occupies space and has mass
What is matter
The primary materials for the body uses to construct and renew itself
What are proteins?
Most of the chemical reactions that take place within the body
What are organic chemical reactions?
Union of two amino acid groups
What are peptide bonds?
The smallest and most complete unit of an element
What is an atom?
The three common physical states of matter
What are solid, liquid and gas?
Proteins that dissolve and break down large molecules into smaller ones
What are enzymes
How many are considered essential amino acids
10
The study of chemical reactions such as growth, reproduction and respiration that occur within a living organize
What is biochemistry?
the electrical charge of a neutron
What is negative charge?
deals with all matter that is now living or was alive at one time with carbon present such as plants and animals
What is an organic chemistry?
What are basic blocking molecules
monomers
Thousands of amino acids connected lengthwise to form a chain
What is a polypeptide chain?
True or false -
Polypeptide chains contain millions of amino acids connected lengthwise to form a chain
The smallest particle of a compound
What is a molecule?
Studies all matter that is not alive has never been alive or does not contain carbon such as rocks, water and minerals
What is inorganic chemistry
True or false - Two saccharides linked together are called polysaccharides
False
proteins that dissolve and break down large molecules into smaller ones
What also act as catalysts in biochemical reactions
Compounds are created by chemically uniting two different elements
How are compounds created
oxidation is when a substance ____ an electron
what is “loses”?
Air is composed of oxygen and other atoms, which have dimension and take up space
Is the air you breathe matter?
Triglycerides, fats and steroids?
Lipid examples
These three all fall into this category
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
Consists carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen
True or False?
Reduction is when a substance gains an electron.What is true?