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| any one of 20 different naturally occurring organic molecules that combine to form proteins. |
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| any organic compound that has an important role in living things |
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| the angle formed by two bonds to the same atom |
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| the average distance between the nuclei of two atoms bonded to each other |
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any organic compound that is made of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the cells of living things |
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| the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together |
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| the arrangement of bonded atoms or ions within a substance |
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| a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
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the simplest chemical
formula of a compound that tells the smallest whole-number ratio of atoms in
the compound |
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a bond formed by the attraction between
oppositely charged ions |
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a bond formed by the attraction
between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them |
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| a chemical formula that reports the actual numbers of atoms in one molecule of a compound |
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| any covalently bonded compound that contains carbon |
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| an ion made of two or more atoms that are covalently bonded and that act like a single ion |
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| a large organic molecule made of many smaller bonded units |
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| a biological polymer made of bonded amino acids |
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