Bio 111 Flashcards
NON POLAR COVALENT BONDS
Equal sharing of electrons
POLAR COVALENT BONDS
Unequal sharing of electrons
REACTANTS
Original molecules
PRODUCTS
Molecules resulting from reaction
CATION
More protons than electrons (net POSITIVE charge)
ANION
Fewer protons than electrons (net NEGATIVE charge)
ATOMS ARE COMPOSED OF
• Protons (+)
• Neutrons (no charge)
• Electrons (-)
PROTONS & NEUTRONS ARE LOCATED IN THE…
Nucleus
ELECTRONS ARE FOUND IN…
Orbitals surrounding nucleus
MASS IS THE..
Amount of substance
WEIGHT IS….
The force gravity exerts on substance
OXIDATION
Loss of electron
REDUCTION
Gain of electron
VALENCE ELECTRONS
of electrons in outermost energy level
INERT (NONREACTIVE ELEMENTS HAVE ALL _____ ELECTRONS
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ALL MATTER IS COMPOSED OF ______
Atoms
MATTER HAS _____ & OCCUPIES ______
Mass, Space
UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF ______ IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF __________ _________.
Atoms, Biological molecules
