Macromolecules
This organic macromolecule is made of monomers called amino acids.
What are proteins?
This is a process that changes some chemical substances into others.
What is a chemical reaction?
An acid measures the amount of what ion?
What are hydrogen ions?
Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in cells so they can take place without burning flesh.
What are enzymes?
Water molecules being attracted to themselves
This class of organic compounds include sugars or starches, and are used to store energy.
What are carbohydrates?
A substance that is an input to a chemical reaction is called a ________________.
What are reactants?
Bonds that are a result of the loss or gain of electrons from one atom to another
What is an ionic bond?
Enzymes bind specific molecules (or substrates) at this place.
What is the active site?
Waters unique ability to creep up thin tubes is known as this.
What is capillary action?
This organic compound includes fats and oils which are used for long-term energy and in the cell membrane.
What is a lipid?
The resulting substances from a chemical reaction.
What are products?
A solution with a pH lower than 7 is called this.
What is an acid?
A substance that bonds to an enzyme's active site
What is a substrate?
The type of bond that forms between polar molecules like water is known as _________________.
What is a hydrogen bond?
This class of organic molecules are built from nucleotides and include DNA & RNA which serve as information molecules.
What are nucleic acids?
Reactions in organisms that break down molecules into smaller units, can occur spontaneously and release energy.
What is exothermic (energy releasing reactions)?
A solution with a pH higher than 7 is called ___________.
What is a base?
Enzymes act as a ________ in order to lower activation energy in a reaction.
What is a catalyst?
Small bugs can seemingly walk on water because of this property.
What is high surface tension?
The millions of organic compounds can be grouped into these four major types of compounds.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
Reactions that store energy, and are not likely to happen spontaneously.
What is endothermic (energy absorbing reaction)?
Strong bonds that occur due to a sharing of electrons between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
The two major types of reactions caused by enzymes.
What are synthesis and decomposition reactions?
Water shares its electrons unevenly between the oxygen and the hydrogens causing a partial charge. This makes it a _______________.
What is a polar molecule?