Biology Vocabulary 11/2 Flashcards
Energy needed to start reactant
Activation energy
Monomers of proteins
Amino acids
Substance that speeds up a chemical reaction
Catalyst
Proteins that acts like a catalyst
Enzyme
Contained all single bonds between carbons and are solid at room temperature
Saturated fatty acids
Contains at least one double bond between the carbons, and Are liquids at room temperature
Unsaturated Fatty acids
Attraction of water to other substances
Adhesion
Attraction of water to water
Cohesion
Substances that enter a reaction
reactant
Nucleic acid that contains ribose as its sugar
RNA
Nucleic acid that contains deoxyribose as its sugar
DNA
Reactant of an enzyme catalyzed reaction
Substrate
Substances produced from a reaction
Product
Molecule with unevenly shared electrons
Polar
Monomers of nucleus acids
Nucleotides