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Water
Organic Molecules
Chemistry
Bonding
100
Rivers and lakes don't freeze completely during winter due to this specific property of water.
What is ice is less dense than water?
100
Non-polar, stable, hydrophobic compounds with very little attraction between molecules, usually gases at room temperature.
What are hydrocarbons?
100
A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions.
What is an element?
100
One atom completely gives up one or more of its valence electrons.
What is Ionic Bond?
200
This property of water allows it to keep the Earth's temperature and climate relatively stable.
What is Specific heat?
200
The monomer of a polypeptide is called?
What are amino acids?
200
Substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio. It also has characteristics different than an element.
What is a compound?
200
One atom is more electronegative, and the atoms do not share the electron equally
What is polar covalent bond?
300
The ability of water molecules to travel up the stems of plans against gravity is an example of
What is adhesion?
300
The name of the functional group COOH
What is carboxyl group?
300
Elements that are required by an organism in minute quantities.
What are trace elements?
300
The atoms share the electron equally. ex: C-H
What is non-polar covalent bond?
400
One of the reasons why salt dissolves in water is that
What is water is polar and acts as a universal solvent?
400
A macromolecule made of only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
What is a carbohydrate.
400
C,N,O,H,S,P.
What is the elements that make up most of a living organism?
400
An interaction that forms when a hydrogen atom covalently bonded to one electronegative atom is also attracted to another electronegative atom.
What is Hydrogen bond?
500
Interactions that are weak by themselves, but when they occur among many molecules of water, they allow it to stay liquid at room temperature.
What are hydrogen bonds?
500
A macromolecule that has a sugar, nitrogenous base and a triphosphate. It acts as a building block for DNA and RNA.
What are nucleic acids?
500
A chemical reaction that allows for monomers to polymerize.
What is Condensation-Dehydration reaction?
500
A bond that is formed between two amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?