Chapter 1 & 2.1 Flashcards
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Matter
Arranges elements into groups based on their properties
Periodic table
of protons
Atomic number
Compound found mainly in living things
Organic compound
Organic compounds such as sugar or starch
Carbohydrates
Simple carbohydrate with chemical formula C6H12O6
Glucose
It responds to the environment. It grows and develops. It produces offspring. It maintains homeostasis. It has complex chemistry. It consists of cells.
Characteristics of life
Chain of monosaccharides that make up a complex carbohydrate such as starch
Polysaccharide
Organic compounds such as fat or oil
Lipids
Molecule in lipids in which some carbon atoms at bonded to other groups of atoms rather than hydrogen atoms
Unsaturated fat
Small molecule that is a building block of proteins
Amino acids
Organic compound such as DNA or RNA
Nucleic acid
Double stranded Nucleic acid that makes up genes and chromosomes
DNA
The process of a scientific investigation
The scientific method
Parts of an atom
Proton, Neutron & electron