What is a table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure (and hence similar chemical properties) appear in vertical columns.
100
pH scale
What is a measure of how acidic or basic a substance is
100
Mass percent
What is express the concentration of a component in a mixture or an element in a compound.
100
Fermentation
What is the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms
100
Enrichment
What is to make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient
200
Proton
What is a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron, but of opposite sign.
200
Acid
What is a chemical substance that neutralizes alkalis, dissolves some metals, and turns litmus red; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.
200
Active sight
What is a small port in an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction.
200
Aerobic
What is relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen.
200
Fortification
What is a strengthening or improvement, as by addition of or intensification with another ingredient
300
Reactant
What is a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction.
300
Absolute Zero
What is the lowest temperature that is theoretically possible, at which the motion of particles that constitutes heat would be minimal. It is zero on the Kelvin scale
300
Blanch
What is to make white or pale by extracting color; bleach.
300
Anaerobic
What is relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen.
300
Incubation period
What is the period over which eggs, cells, etc., are incubated.
400
Ion
What is an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
400
Nuetral
What is neither acidic nor alkaline. Of or relating to a compound that does not ionize in solution.
400
Coenzymes
What is a nonprotein compound that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme.
400
Cell Respiration
What is the chemical process that generates most of the energy in the cell, supplying molecules needed to make the metabolic reactions of an organism run.
400
Stabilizer
What is a thing used to keep something steady or stable, in particular.
500
Mole
What is the mass of substance containing the same number of fundamental units as there are atoms in exactly 12.000 g of 12C. Fundamental units may be atoms, molecules, or formula units, depending on the substance concerned.
500
Bulimia
What is insatiable overeating as a medical condition, in particular.
500
Tyndall effect
What is light scattering by particles in a colloid or particles in a fine suspension.
500
Pasteurization
What is a process in which a liquid (such as milk or cream) is heated to a temperature that kills harmful germs and then cooled quickly
500
GRAS list
What is a status label assigned by the FDA to a listing of substances not known to be hazardous to health and thus approved for use in foods.