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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 evaporative cooling?

100

Non-polar, stable, hydrophobic compounds commonly found in lipids 

What are hydrocarbons?

100
A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions.
What is an element?
100

Strongest chemical bonds. 

What are Ionic Bonds?

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

A chemical reaction that allows for polymers to become monomers.

What is hydrolysis reaction?

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

This level of protein structure as a drastic affect on the overall function of the protein. 

What is primary structure? 

400

Macromolecules have different properties based on the arrangements of their ________________.

What are functional groups?

400
A macromolecule that only contains single bonds and is solid at room temp. 

What is a saturated fat?

500

Interactions that are weak by themselves, but when they occur among many molecules of water, they allow surface tension to occur.

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 become polymers.

What is Condensation-Dehydration synthesis?

500

A bond that is formed between an amino (NH2) and a carboxyl (COOH).

What is a peptide bond?