Chemical Basis for Life on Earth
Three necessary ingredients for life on earth...
What is organic compounds, water, and energy source?
The three atoms that water is made of...
What is one oxygen and two hydrogens?
Monomer of proteins...
What is amino acid?
The meaning of pre/pro...
What is before, in front of?
The substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction without entering the reaction itself...
What is catalyst?
Smallest unit of matter...
What is atoms?
...causes water to have partial changes
What is polarity?
A carbohydrate that is known as "simple sugars"...
What is monosaccharide?
The meaning of bi...
What is two, twice, double?
The suffix that most enzymes end in...
What is -ase?
Converting food into ATP...
What is cellular respiration?
The tendency of water molecules sticking together...
What is cohesion?
(Name 3) Examples of lipids...
What are waxes, oils, fats, hormones, steroids, cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids?
The meaning of hetero...
What is different, other?
The molecules that enzymes act upon...
What is substrate?
The processing of maintaining homeostasis...
What is metabolism?
The tendency of water to move along the surface of a substance, caused by adhesion...
What is capillary action?
The elements of proteins...
What is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and (sometimes) sulfur?
The meaning of mamm...
What is breast, mammary gland?
The substrate enters and the enzyme...
What is changes shape slightly?
...designed an experiment that mimicked early Earth's atmosphere
Who is Miller & Urey (Miller-Urey)?
Causes many substances to dissolve in water due to the partial changes within the water molecules...
What is universal solvent?
The monomer and polymer of nucleic acids...
What is nucleotide and polynucleotide?
The meaning of xyl/xylo...
What is wood?
The factors that denature enzymes...
What is pH level, temperature, high salt concentrations, and radiation?