Ch.2 Flashcards
COMBINATIONS OF ATOMS FORM
MOLECULES
THE SMALLEST PART OF A PURE SUBSTANCE
ATOM
PARTICLES THAT MOVE AROUND THE NUCLEUS
ELECTRONS
POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES
PROTONS
NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTRONS
NEUTRALLY CHARGED PARTICLES
NEUTRONS
THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS AND PROTONS ARE EQUAL
TRUE
ATOMIC NUMBER
NUMBER OF PROTONS
TOTAL NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
ATOMIC WEIGHT
ATOMS WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF NEUTRONS
ISOTOPE
SIMPLE COMPOUNDS WHICH TYPICALLY LACK CARBON
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
COMPOUNDS WHICH ALWAYS CONTAIN CARBON AND HYDROGEN AND ARE TYPICALLY COMPLEX
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
MOLECULE THAT HAS AN UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGES
POLAR MOLECULE
FOUR CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE WATER FAVORABLE
CAN CREATE FOUR HYDROGEN BONDS, WHICH WHEN FROZEN CREATES AN INSULATING CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE WHICH PROMOTES CELL GROWTH, THE POLARITY MAKES AN EXCELLENT SOLVENT, POLARITY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN REACTIVITY, AND THE STRONG HYDROGEN BONDS CREATES A EXCELLENT TEMPERATURE BUFFER
PROCESS OF BREAKING APART INTO IONS
IONIZATION
SUBSTANCE WHICH BREAKS INTO H+ IONS
ACID
SUBSTANCE THAT BREAKS INTO OH- IONS
BASE
SUBSTANCE THAT DISASSOCIATES INTO ANIONS AND CATIONS
SALTS
SIMPLE SUGARS ARE CALLED
MONOSACRIDES
WHAT IS FORMED WHEN TWO MONOSACCHRIDES COMBINE
DISACCHRIDES
TWO MOLECULES WITH THE SAME CHEMICAL FORMULA BUT DIFFERENT STRUCTURES
ISOMERS
REVERSE OF DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS
HYDROLYSIS
Organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
Proteins
Bacteria that kill other bacteria
Bacteriocins