Bonds
Properties of water
pH
Polymers and Monomers
Carbohydrates and Lipids
100

a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms.

What is a covalent bond? 

100

Water molecules attracted to one another through hydrogen bonding (Hint- reason for high surface tension) 

What is cohesion? 

100
pH below 7 
What is an acidic pH? 
100

The building blocks of life

What is a monomer? 
100

Bonds between monosaccharides 

What are glycosidic bonds? 

200

An attraction between two atoms that already participate in other chemical bonds

What is a hydrogen bond? 

200
Water molecules attracted to other polar molecules through hydrogen bonding 

What is adhesion? 

200

pH above 7 

What is a basic pH? 

200

Large molecules made up of many similar moleculecular building blocks 

What is a polymer? 

200

Carbohydrate monomers 

What are monosaccharides? 
300

A type of chemical bond that generates two oppositely charged ions.

What is an Ionic bond? 

300

Takes more energy to raise water temp 

What is high specific heat?

300

pH of 7 

What is a neutral solution? 
300

Joining two monomers together into a polymer, removing a water molecule in the process. 

What is dehydration synthesis? 

300

Triglycerides 

What are three fatty acids+ glycerol? 

400

A pair of electrons shared unequally by two atoms 

What is a polar covalent bond? 

400

Dissolves ionic and polar covalent solutes

What is a versatile solvent? 
400

The pH of most human cells should generally be between _ and _? 

What is 6 and 8? 

400
Adding a water molecule to cleave the covalent bond between two monomers in a polymer

What is a hydrolysis reaction? 

400

Non polar regions that are often hydrophobic 

What are fatty acids? 

500

Pair of electrons shared equally by two atoms 

What is a nonpolar covalent bond? 

500

Highest energy molecules evaporate first, cooling the surface of the remaining liquid

What is evaporative cooling? 

500

Substances produced in cells that prevent harsh dramatic changes in pH

What are buffers? 
500

Derived from petroleum oil and developed by scientists and engineers 

What are synthetic polymers? 

500
Major component of plasma membranes 
What are phospholipids?