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| anything that takes up space and is made of atoms |
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| the simplest form of matter, you cannot break up an element any further |
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| an amount of element that is .01% or less |
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| 2 or more elements bonded together |
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| the smallest purest form of matter |
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| A subparticle of an atom, positive charge |
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| a subparticle of an atom negative charge |
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| a subparticle of an atom 0 charge |
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| the center of the atoms holds both protons and nuetrons |
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| the number of protons/electrons |
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| Any of several forces or mechanisms, especially the ionic bond, covalent bond, and metallic bond, by which atoms or ions are bound in a molecule or crystal. |
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| A chemical bond that occurs when an atom transfers an electron to another atom |
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| the bond formed by the sharing of a pair of electrons by two atoms |
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| two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds |
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| Molecules in which opposite ends have opposite eletric charges |
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| a bond created by the weak attraction of a slighty postive hydrogen atom to a slighty negative portion of a molecule |
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| the tendecy of molecules of the same kind to stick to one another |
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| the tendency of two molecules of different kinds to stick to each other |
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| the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, esp. a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules |
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| a uniform mixture of 2 or more substances |
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| a substance in a soultion that is dissolved and is present in a lesser amount |
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| a substance in a soultion that dissolves the other substance and is present in a greater amount |
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| a range of numbers used to describe how acidic or basic a solution is. ranges from 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic) |
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| a compound that domates H + ions to an aqueous solution and measures less then 7 on the pH scale (orange juice) |
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| a compound that removes H+ ions from an aqueous soultion and meausures move than seven on the pH scale |
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| a carbon based molecule usually carbon is bonded with a hydrogen |
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| a group of atoms within a molecule that intersects in predictable ways with other molecules |
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| a giant carbon based molecule |
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| a long chain of small moleculer units (monomers) |
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| a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule. |
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| decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water, such as the dissociation of a dissolved salt or the catalytic conversion of starch to glucose. |
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| an organic compound made of sugar molecules |
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| sugar containing one sugar unit (glucose,fructose, and ribose) |
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| sugar containing 2 Monosacchrides (lactose and sucrose) |
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| a long polymer chain made up of simple sugar monomers, Any of a class of carbohydrates, such as starch and cellulose, consisting of a number of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic bonds. |
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| one class of hydrophobic compounds such as fat,oil,lard, and krispie kream dounuts |
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| a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid often with a long unbranched aliphatic tail (chain), which is either saturated or unsaturated |
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| a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C3H8O3, usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients. |
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| a polymer constructed from a set of 20 amino acid monomers |
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| a monomer that makes up proteins; contains carboxyl and amino functional groups |
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| A nucleic acid is a macromolecule composed of nucleotide chains. In biochemistry these molecules carry genetic information or form structures within cells. The most common nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) |
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| building block(monomer)of nueclic acid polymers |
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| a test that indicates the presence of proteins |
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| a test that indicates starch (lugol's iodine) |
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| a test for indicating the presence of sugar |
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| a specialized proteins that catalyzes the chemical reactions of a cell |
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| a specific reactant acted on by an enzyme |
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| region of an enzyme into which a particular substrate fits |
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| loss of normal shape of a protein due to heat or other factors |
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| a liquid molecule with four fused carbon rings |
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