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1
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What is a chemical change resulting from a collision between atoms or molecules?

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chemical reaction

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What are the original substances that undergo a chemical reaction?

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reactants

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What are the new substances produced by the reaction?

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products

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What are some observations that indicate that a chemical reaction has occurred?

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  • change in color
  • formation of a gas
  • formation of a precipitate
  • release or absorption of energy
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5
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What is an expression that uses chemical symbols to represent a chemical reaction?

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chemical equation

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What is the number before each chemical formula that indicates how many molecular or formula units of that substance are involved in the reaction?

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coefficient

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7
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What indicates the number of atoms of each element in the molecule or formula unit?

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the subscripts in each molecular formula

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What is the law that states that the total mass of the reactants is equal to the total mass of the products?

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law of conservation of mass

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9
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What is a substance that is consumed in a chemical reaction?

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reactant

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10
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What is a substance that is formed during a chemical reaction?

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product

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What is a chemical equation that has the same number of atoms of each element on each side of the arrow?

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balanced chemical equation

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12
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What must you change in a chemical formula to make it balanced?

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the coefficients, not the subscripts

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13
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What is a chemical reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a new substance, sometimes called a synthesis reaction?

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combination reaction

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What is a chemical reaction in which a compound breaks down, or decomposes, to form differeent substances?

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decomposition reaction

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15
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What is a chemical reaction in which a compound is replaced by another element, also called a substitution reaction?

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single-displacement reactions

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What is a chemical reaction in which two compound exchanges atoms or ions?

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double-displacement reaction

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17
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What is the study of the relationships between chemical reactions and the law of thermodynamincs?

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chemical thermodynamics

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18
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What is a form of potential energy that may be released as thermal energy when molecules combine ro break apart?

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chemical energy

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What is the law that states that the energy gained or lost by a system equals the energy lost or gained by the surroundings?

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first law of thermodynamics

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20
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What is a chemical reaction that releases thermal energy?

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exothermic reaction

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21
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What is a chemical reaction that causes thermal energy to be absorbed and stored in the chemical bonds of the products?

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endothermic reaction

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What is the law that requires that every chemical reaction must cause a decrease in usable energy and an increase in entropy?

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second law of thermodynamics

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How can the entropy of the products be lower that the entropy of the reactants?

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if the surroundings increases by a greater amount of entropy

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24
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What means able to occur by itself without continuing outside help?

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spontaneous

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25
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What is the area of chemistry that addresses the rates of chemical reactions?

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chemical kinetics

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26
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What are the five main factors that affect the rate of chemical reactions?

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  • activation energy
  • temperature
  • solution concentration and gas pressure
  • surface area
  • the pressure of a catalyst
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27
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What is the kinetic energy necessary for molecules to chemically react?

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activation energy

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28
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What is substance that alters the rate of a chemical reaction without being permanently changed in the reaction?

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catalyst

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29
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What is a catalyst present in a reaction written in a chemical equation?

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above the arrow

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30
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What is a reaction that, under the right conditions, can be made to go “backward”?

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reversible reaction

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31
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What is it called when both reactions occur at the same rate?

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chemical equilibrium

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32
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What is the principle stating when a system at equilibrium is disturbed, the system will react to at least partially offset that disturbance?

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Le Châtelier’s principle

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33
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What are two common types of disturbances that can affect and equilibrium system?

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a change in concentration and changing the pressure of the system by changing the volume

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34
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What is any ionic compound that does not contain a hydrogen ion (H⁺) or hydroxide ion (OH⁻)?

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salt

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35
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What are some characteristics of an acid?

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  • have a sour taste
  • causes litmus to turn red
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36
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What are some characteristics of a base?

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  • are slippery to the touch
  • have a bitter taste
  • causes litmus to turn blue
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37
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What is any substance that produces hydrogen cations when dissolved in aqueous solutions?

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acid

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38
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What is any substance that produces hydroxide anions in aqueous solutions?

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base

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39
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What are substances that are neither acids nor bases; does not produce H⁺ or OH⁻ when dissolved in water?

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neutral substances

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40
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What are H₃O⁺ ions formed by H⁺ ions attaching themselves to water in an aqueous solution?

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oxonium ions

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41
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What is a substance that can produce oxonium ions?

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acid

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42
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What is a substance that completely dissociates to form oxonium ions and another ion?

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strong acid

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43
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What is a substance that only partially dissociates to form ions?

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weak acid

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44
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What are bases that completely dissociate or react to form hydroxide ions when dissolved in aqueous solutions?

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strong base

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45
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What are substances that only partially ionize in a solution to produce hydroxide ions?

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weak base

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46
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What is a reaction that occurs when a strong and acid reacts with a strong base?

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neutralization reaction

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47
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What has an unusual property to react with itself very slightly to form oxonium and hydroxide ions?

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water

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48
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What can be used to measure the acidity or basicity of a solution?

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the concentration of oxonium

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49
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What is a scale that indirectly represents oxonium concentration using power of 10?

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pH scale

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50
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What is a substance that changes color depending on the pH of a solution?

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acid-base indicator

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51
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What is any solution that resists changes in pH because it contains a weak acid and one of its basic slats or a weak base and one of its acidic salts?

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buffer

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52
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What is the process in which an atoms loses electrons in a reaction?

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oxidation

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53
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What is the process in which an atoms gains electrons in a reaction?

54
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What are reactions in which electrons are transferred between atoms?

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redox reactions

55
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What is the study of electrochemical reactions?

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electrochemistry

56
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What are chemical reactions that involve an electric current?

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electrochemical reaction

57
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What is a substance that conducts electricity through the movement of ions?

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electrolyte

58
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What is a device designed to produce an electrochemical reaction?

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electrochemical cell

59
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What is the electrode at which oxidation occurs?

60
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What is the electrode at which reudction occurs?

61
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What is a method of initiating a chemical reaction that would not otherwise occur by passing an electric current through an electrolytic solution?

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electrolysis

62
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What is an electrochemical cell that produces a chemical reaction through electrolysis?

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electrolytic cell

63
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What is the process in which a thin coating of metal is formed on an object by electrolysis?

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electroplating

64
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What is a nonchargeable electrochemical cell in which a chemical reaction produces electricity?

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voltaic cell

65
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What is the most common type of voltaic cell?

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alkaline cell

66
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What is a cuurent-producing electrochemical cell that can be recharges with electricity from an outside source?

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storage cell

67
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What is an electrochemical cell that is designed to have reactants continually replenished from an outside source?

68
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What is the study of compounds containing carbon?

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organic chemistry

69
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How many covalent bonds can carbon form?

70
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What is the element that forms more compounds that all the other elements combined?

71
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What can bond to form compounds of many different shapes?

72
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What types of bonds can carbon form with other atoms?

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single, double, and triple

73
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What is a compound that contains only hydrogen and carbon?

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hydrocarbon

74
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What is a hydrocarbon having only single bonds between carbon atoms?

75
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What do al alkanes end with?

76
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What is an alkane that has branches names after?

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the parent hydrocarbon

77
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What is the longest chain of carbon atoms to which the branches are attached?

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parent hydrocarbon

78
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What is a hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds between carbon atoms?

79
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What describes molecules that are ring-shaped?

80
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What is an organic compound consisting of a cyclic structure with delocalized electrons?

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aromatic compound

81
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What is a hydrocarbon that has one or more hydrogen atoms replaced with different atoms or groups of atoms?

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substituted hydrocarbons

82
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What is a group of atoms capable of replacing a hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon?

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functional group

83
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What are alkanes with one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by halogen atoms?

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haloalkane

84
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What is an organic compound with one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by an -OH group?

85
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What is a functional group -COOH, found in carboxylic acids?

A

carboxyl group

86
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What is a type of organic compound in which a hydrocarbon replaces the hydrogen atoms of a carboxyl group (often abbreviated as -COO-)?

87
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What is a salt containing a carboxylate ion?

88
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What is a huge organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules linked together?

89
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What is any of the smaller molecules that are joined together to make up a polymer?

90
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What is the chemical process that produces polymers?

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polymerization

91
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What is the study of the chemistry of living things?

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biochemistry

92
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What are the compounds that provide most of the energy for living things an contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in about a 1:2:1 ratio?

A

carbohydrates

93
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What is any relatively small carbohydrate that contains up to about ten rings of atoms?

94
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What is any carbohydrate with only one ring of atoms per molecule?

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monosaccharide

95
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What is an important six-carbon sugar found in both animals and plants?

96
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What is the process that green plants use to produce glucose from carbon dioxide, water, and the energy of the sun?

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photosynthesis

97
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What is any carbohydrate consisting of two monosaccharide molecules linked together to form a larger molecule?

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disaccharide

98
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What are any of the large carbohydrate polymers formed when hundred or thousands of monosaccharides are linked together?

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polysaccharide

99
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What is a common polysaccharide used by plants for food storage?

100
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What is a common polysaccharide used by animals and people for food storage?

101
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What is a polysaccharide that forms the walls of plant calls and gives plants and tress their rigid structure?

102
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What is a group of biological compounds characterized by insolubility in water?

103
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What is a simple lipid molecule that resembles a rod of carbon and hydrogen atoms attached to a carboxylic acid “handle”?

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fatty acid

104
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What is a molecule consisting of three fatty acid “rods” with their “handles” attached to a single molecule of glycerol?

105
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What is a fat in which the carbon atoms contain as many hydrogen atoms as they can accommodate?

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saturated fat

106
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What is a fat that has fewer hydrogen atoms than saturates fats because of one or more double bonds between carbon atoms and includes monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats?

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unsaturated fats

107
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Which fats are animal based and are solid at room temperature?

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saturated fat

108
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Which fats are typically liquid at room temperature and are mostly plant based?

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unsaturated fats

109
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What is a lipid that is used by our bodies to make bile, vitamin D, cell membranes, and hormones?

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cholesterol

110
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What are important chemical messengers?

111
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What is a globule of cholesterol encases in as membrane made of lipids and proteins?

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lipoprotein

112
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What is a lipoprotein in the bloodstream that can cause diseases of the heart and arteries?

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low-density lipoproteins (LDL)

113
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What is another type of lipoprotein that actually reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases?

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high-density lipoprotein (HDL)

114
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What is a complex organic molecule used to build and maintain living cells?

115
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What is any of the substances that are the “building blocks” of proteins?

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amino acid

116
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What is a type of chemical bond that links amino acids together into proteins?

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peptide bond

117
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What is a type of protein that remains fairly straight after completion?

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fibrous protein

118
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What is a type of protein that “folds up,” coiling in upon itself and locking into place when it reaches the proper shape?

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globular protein

119
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What is the type of protein that has intricate three-dimensional shapes?

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globular proteins

120
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What is a special globular protein that initiates or regulates a chemical reaction within the cell?

121
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What is any member of the important group of chemicals that contain the plans, or blueprints, that guide the construction of all protein in the cell?

A

nucleic acid

122
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What is the cell’s “master program;” a large molecule that contains the information of the cell?

123
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What is the passing of traits from one gereation to another?

124
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What is any nitrogen-containing group in a DNA molecule that forms the “rungs” of the double helix?

125
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What are the four different types of bases in a molecule of DNA?

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guanine, citosine, adenine, and thymine

126
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What is the “twisted ladder” structure of DNA?

A

double helix

127
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What is a segment of DNA containing code for a specific substnace, task, or characteristic?

128
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What is a “working copy” of the genetic information that contains the sugar ribose instead of deoxyribose?

129
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What is the process by which the body produces and uses energy from food?

A

metabolism

130
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What is the process by which a cell burns glucose within special power plants called mitochondria to release usable energy?

A

cellular respiration

131
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What is the chemical that serves as the energy carrier of the cell and a convenient form for the temporary storage of chemical energy?

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