Basic Chemistry
The smallest stable unit of all matter, which is compromised of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is an atom?
The tendency to repel water.
What is hydrophobic?
A complex polypeptide that plays a role in the chemistry of an organism.
What is a protein?
The process by which DNA is copied to produce two duplicate double helixes.
What is replication?
A pure substance that is composed of a unique type of atom.
What is an element?
The property of water that makes capillary action possible.
What is adhesion?
A type of lipid that has a hydrophobic end and a hydrophilic end.
What is a phospholipid?
The nitrogenous base found in RNA that pairs with Adenine.
What is uracil?
A group of atoms that form a unit with specific chemical properties.
What is a molecule?
The type of reaction by which monosaccharides are linked to form a polysaccharide.
What is a dehydration reaction?
The two atoms linked in a peptide bond.
What are carbon and nitrogen?
The end of a nucleotide strand that has a phosphate which is not linked to anything.
What is the 5' end?
A bond in which one atom donates an ion, and the other receives that ion, resulting in two oppositely charged ions that are attracted to each other.
What is an ionic bond?
The process by which a polymer is broken into two monomers following the addition of water.
What is hydrolysis?
The type of fatty acid that can form a solid at room temperature due to its more flexible structure.
What is a saturated fatty acid?
The organelle which moves along mRNA during translation.
What is the ribosome?
A bond in which electrons are shared.
What is a covalent bond?
The type of carbohydrate which, when mixed with iodine, turns the iodine blue.
What is starch?
The sequence of amino acids linked together.
What is a protein's primary structure?
The type of RNA that contains an anticodon and brings amino acids.
What is transfer RNA (tRNA)?