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Basic Chemistry
Inorganic Molecules
Organic Molecules
Life Processes/Chemistry Vocab
Life processes Vocabulary
100
Name the three particles that make up an atom
Protons Neutrons Electrons
100
What is meant by an inorganic molecule?
Molecule that does not contain carbon
100
What element determines whether a molecule is classified as "Organic"?
Carbon
100

What are the three steps involved in the taking in, breaking down, and removal of food/waste from the body? 

Ingestion, Digestion, Egestion

100

The chemical reactions that take place in an organism is called 

metabolism 

200
Which of the subatomic particles are used in making chemical bonds?
Electrons
200
What is the most common and most important Inorganic molecule (necessary for life)?
Water
200
What are the four groups of organic molecules found in cells/living things?
Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Nucleic Acids
200

What you start with in a chemical reaction is called? 

Reactants

200
The term for how Organisms obtain food?

Nutrition

300

Name a type of chemical bond that involves transfer of electrons

Ionic

300

Which of these is not an inorganic compound

H2O          H6P2C4O2          NaP2Cl4

H6P2C4O2

300

What is the name of the molecules used to make proteins?

Amino Acids

300

What you make and is left over after a chemical reaction is called?

Products 

300

Term for an organism that makes its own food.

Autotrophs
400
Name the type of chemical bond that involves sharing electrons
Covalent
400

What is meant by water being Polar?

The electrons are not shared equally between the oxygen and hydrogens, resulting in a SLIGHT CHARGE on the molecule.

400

Of the four types of organic molecules which one is used to create DNA? 

Nucleic Acids

400

The term for when your body is in internal balance and all your body systems are functioning normally. 

Homeostasis

400

Term for animals that cannot make their food are called?

Heterotrophs 

500

What is the difference  between an Element and a compound?

Elements are one single atom

Compounds are multiple different elements bonded together. 

500

Why is H2O so important for life to exist? 

Because it is needed to perform most chemical reactions in the body of living organisms. 

500

What is the Function of Carbohydrates? 

Used as an energy source 

500

What are the two types of Respiration and what is the difference?

Aerobic - Requires oxygen

Anaerobic- Does not require Oxygen

500

Term for converting energy in food into usable energy for the body?

Respiration