Chemical Reactions
Macromolecules
Enzymes
Inorganic Compounds
Bonds
100
A pure substance that cannot be broken down by ordinary means
What is an element?
100
amino acid
What is the monomer for proteins?
100
substrate
What does an enzyme act on?
100
do not contain carbon
What do inorganic compounds not contain?
100
The general sharing of electrons
What is a covalent bond?
200
2 or more elements combined in a fixed ratio
What is a compound?
200
triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids, eicosanoids,
What are types of lipids?
200
active site
Where does the substrate bind to?
200
reaction that breaks apart molecules
What is a decomposition reaction?
200
The unequal sharing of electrons
What is a polar covalent bond?
300
CHNOPS
What are the main elements of life?
300
What is a phospholipid structure?
300
lower activation energies
What do enzymes do to activation energies?
300
conducts electrical current in solution
What is an electrolyte?
300
Two ions, one has negative, one has positive charge
What is an ionic bond?
400
+1, 0, -1
What are the charges of a proton, neutron, and electron?
400
What is the structure for triglycerides?
400
storage of energy, cell membranes, hormones
What are functions of lipids?
400
Combining atoms and molecules to form larger, more complex molecules
What is a synthesis reaction?
400
Bond from hydrogen of polar molecule to an electronegative atom of another molecule
What is a hydrogen bond?
500
The smallest unit of matter that retains properties of an element
What is an atom?
500
hydrolysis
How are polymers broken down?
500
increase in temperature and decrease in pH
What are the causes of denaturation?
500
The type of molecule that water is
What is a polar covalent molecule?
500
Slight, fleeting attractions between atoms and molecules
What is a van der waals bond?