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An O-H bonded to a carbon atom. Because of hydroxyl (-OH) group, alcohols are polar. Naming : They end in -ol. |
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A halogen bonded to a carbun atom. End in the -ide (in suffixes) or -o (in prefixes) |
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A carboxyl group (COOH) bonded to a carbon chain. H dissociates, making these molecules acidic. They end it -ic acid. |
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NH2 bonded to a carbon atom. Since it is similar to ammonia, it's molecules are basic. It ends in -amine |
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A carbonyl (C=O) group bonded to a terminal carbon. They end in aldehyde. |
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A carbonyl (C=O) that is bonded to a nonterminal carbon |
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An oxygen atom links to hydrocarbon chains. They end in ether |
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An ester is essentially a ketone and an ether put together. They end in -ate |
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A carbon-carbon double bond gets broken into a single bond with the addition of |
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One atom or a group of atoms are replaced with another atom or group. This rarely happens. |
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Two smaller compounds called monomers are joined to form a third larger compound. |
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A larger compound is broken down into smaller compounds |
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Combustion (CxHxOx + XO2-- XCO2 + H2O |
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Organic acid reacts with an alcohol to produce an ester and water. |
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An organic compounds in the absence of oxygen to produce an alcohol and carbon dioxide |
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A long, branching chain made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. They are generally fats and oils. They are not soluable in water and instead aggregate and form droplets. |
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A lipid made up of long fatty (hydrocarbon) chains, that is headed with glycerol. |
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The lipids that form cell walls |
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Also known as sugars, they form carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen chains (in a 1:2:1 ratio.) They are polymers made of sugar monomers. |
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Simple carbohydrates such as glucose and fructose with just one unit of sugar. |
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Larger carbohydrates that store energy in plants and animals (cellulose). |
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Made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus, nucleic acids are polymers made up of monomers called nucleotides. They make up DNA and RNA |
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Polymers made up of amino acid monomers which are made up of aminos and carboxyls. |
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Chains of linked amino acids. |
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Biological catalysts which are proteins. |
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What is earth's air made up of? |
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78% Nitrogen, 20% Oxygen, <1% Argon, <1% Other, Water Vapor (Variable) |
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Give the order of the regions in the earth's atmosospher. |
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From inside to out, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. |
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The process in which a bond is broken and absorbs a photon of light. In this case, O2 (g) + (gamma rays) -- 2O(g), then from 0(g) + 02(g)--03 |
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A compound that reacts with light energy to form free chlorine which bonds with the oxygen, thus making it unable to turn into ozone |
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Rain that has an abnormal pH. The formula is S03(g)+ H20(l)--H2SO4 |
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CO binds irreversibly to hemoglobin and makes it unable to transport oxygen. |
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