Carbon and the molecular diversity of life Flashcards
1
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cells are _ _ water and the rest consists mostly of _ _ _
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cells are 70-95 percent water and the rest consists mostly of carbon based compounds
2
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organic chemistry
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organic chemistry is the study of compounds that contain carbon
3
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most organic compounds contain
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most organic compounds contain hydrogen atoms in addition to carbon atoms
4
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vitalism
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vitalism is the idea that organic compounds arise only in organisms this was disproved when chemists synthesized these compounds
5
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mechanism
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mechanism is a view that all natural phenomena are governed by physical and chemical laws
6
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electron configuration is key to
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electron configuration is key to an atoms configuration
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