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Chapter 2 & 3 Vocab Flashcards

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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Solid

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A sample of matter that contains its shape and density when not confined.

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Liquid

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A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume.

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Gas

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A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape and no fixed volume.

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Element

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A substance that cannot be changed to a simpler substance by normal chemical reaction.

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Periodic table

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A chart of the elements arranged in order by atomic number.

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Atom

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The smallest quantity of an element that retains the chemical properties of the element.

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Subatomic particles

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A particles smaller than an atom or a cluster of such particles. (Ex. neutron proton or electron.)

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Proton

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Positively charged subatomic particle.

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 Electron

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Negatively charged subatomic particle.

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Nucleus

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The central region of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons.

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Atomic number

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 The number of protons in an atom. determines which element it is.

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Mass number

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The sum of a number of protons in neutrons in an atom’s nucleus.

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Isotope

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Alternate mass forms of an element.

Have the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons.

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Neutron

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Electrically neutral subatomic particle.

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Radioisotope

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Nucleus decay spontaneously, giving off particles and energy.

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Compound

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Substances that contain two or more elements in a fixed ratio. (Molecules are held together by covalent bonds).

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Molecule

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Holds together atoms via covalent bonds.

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Chemical formula

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Describes a chemical composition of a substance. Ex. NaCl

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Molecular formula

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Actual numbers of each type of atom per molecule.

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Structural formula

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Arrangement of atoms in a molecule.

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Chemical reaction

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Process in which one or more substances, or reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, known as products.

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Chemical equation

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Representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product.

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Reactant

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 Substance that participates in a chemical reaction.

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Product

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Substance formed by a chemical reaction.

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Electron shell

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Groups of orbitals of electrons with similar energies.

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Orbital

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Region in which electrons occur in an atom or molecule.

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Valence electrons

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Electrons in the outer electron shell, known as the valance shell, of an atom; in the formation of chemical bond an atom can accept electrons into its valance shell or donate or share valence electrons.

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Chemical bond

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Force of attraction between atoms in a compound.

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Covalent bond

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The chemical bond involving shared pairs of electrons; maybe single, double, or triple.

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Ionic bond

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The chemical attraction between a cation and an anion.

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Ion

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An atom group of atoms is bearing one or more units of electrical charge, either positive (cation) or negative (anion).

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Cation

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A positively charged ion.

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Anion

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A negatively charged ion.

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Hydrogen bond

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A weak attraction between two atoms that already participate in other chemical bonds.

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Polar molecule

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Molecule with an uneven distribution of charge

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Solvent

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 Substance capable of dissolving other substances.

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Solute

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A dissolved substance.

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Hydration

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Each ion in a solution is surrounded by oppositely charged ends of the water molecules.

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Cohesion

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The tendency of water molecules to stick together.

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Adhesion

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When water sticks to other substances.

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Capillary action

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The ability of water to move in small-diameter tubes as a consequence of its cohesive and adhesive properties.

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Surface tension

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The measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid.

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Acid

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A chemical compound that releases H+ to a solution. 

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Base

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A compound that accepts H+ and removes them from the solution.

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pH scale

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Describes the acidity of a solution.

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Buffer

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Substances that resist pH change.

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Inorganic compounds

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Small, simple substances. Biologically important groups include water simple acids and bases, and simple salts.

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Organic compounds

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Generally large, complex carbon containing compounds.

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Hydrocarbon

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Inorganic compound composed solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms.

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Macromolecule

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Large biological molecules.

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Polymer

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A macromolecule built up from repeating subunits of the same general type (monomers).

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Monomer

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A molecule that can link with other similar molecules. Make up polymers.

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Condensation reaction

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A reaction in which to monomers are combined covalently through the removal of the equivalent of a water molecule.

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Hydrolysis

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Breaks bonds between monomers, add a molecule of water, and reverses the dehydration reaction.

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Carbohydrate

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Includes polymers of sugar. Compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, in the approximate ratio of C:2H:O.

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Starches

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Energy stored in plants.

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Glycogen

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Energy stored in animals.

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Cellulose

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Structural polysaccharide in plants .

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Lipid

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Nonpolar compounds insoluble in water. Includes fats, phospholipids, carotenoids, steroids, and waxes. Used for energy storage, structural components of cell membranes, and key hormones.

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Monosaccharide

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One sugar unit.

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Disaccharide.

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Two sugar units.

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Polysaccharide

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Many sugar units.

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Complex carbohydrate

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Polysaccharides, polymers of monosaccharides potentially consisting of thousands of bonded sugar molecules.

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Nonpolar

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Compounds insoluble in water.

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Triglyceride, consists of a glycerol molecule, joined with three fatty acid molecules.

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Triglyceride

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Consist of a glycerol molecule, joined with three fatty acid molecules.

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Glycerol

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A component of triacylglycerols and phospholipids.

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Fatty acid

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A lipid that is an organic acid containing a long hydrocarbon chain, but double bonds (saturated fatty acid), one double bond (monosaturated fatty acid), or two or more double bonds (polyunsaturated fatty acid).

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Saturated fatty acid

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Solid at room temperature. A lipid that is an organic acid containing a long hydrocarbon chain, with no double bonds.

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Unsaturated fatty acid

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A lipid that is an organic acid containing a long hydrocarbon chain, with one or more double bonds. Liquid at room temperature.

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Steroid

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Lipid. Very different from fats in structure and function. The carbon skeleton is bent to form for fuse rings. For example, cholesterol.

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Cholesterol

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Key component of cell membranes. The “base steroid” from with your body produces other steroids, such as estrogen and testosterone.

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Phospholipid

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Amphipathic lipid, with one hydrophilic end and one hydrophobic end.

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Amphiphathic

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Containing both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions.

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Hydrophilic

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Interacting readily with water; having a greater affinity for water molecules than they have for each other.

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Hydrophobic

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Not readily interacting with water; having less affinity for water molecules and they have for each other.

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Lipid bilayer

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Phospholipids form lipid bilayers in which the hydrophilic heads interact with water in the hydrophobic tails are in the bilayer interior.

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Protein

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Macromolecules composed of amino acids. Polymer.

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Amino acid

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An organic compound containing an amino group and a carboxal group; may be joined by peptide bonds to form a polypeptide chain.

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Enzyme

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Chemicals that change the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed in the process.

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R group

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Specific side chain that is attached to the a carbon. Decides the chemical versatility of the amino acid.

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Peptide bond

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A distinctive covalent carbon-to-nitrogen bond that links amino acids in peptides and proteins.

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Polypeptide

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A compound consisting of a chain of amino acid groups linked by peptide bonds.

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Primary structure

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The sequence of amino acids in a protein. Slight change affects the proteins ability to function.

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Secondary structure

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Irregular geometric shape produced by hydrogen bonding between the atoms of uniform peptide backbone.

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Tertiary structure

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Overall three-dimensional shape of a polypeptide that is determined by characteristics involving the amino acid side chains.

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Quaternary structure

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The overall configuration of a protein produced by the interaction of two or more polypeptide chains.

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Denature

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To alter the physical properties in three-dimensional structure of a protein, nucleic acid, or other macromolecule by treating with excess heat, strong acids, or strong bases.

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Essential amino acid

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A nutrient that must be provided in the diet because the body cannot make it or cannot make it insufficient quantities to meet nutritional needs.

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Nucleus acids

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Transmit hereditary information and determine what proteins in a cell manufactures.

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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Makes the hereditary material of the cell (genes) and contains instructions for making proteins and RNA.

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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Used in processes that link amino acids to form polypeptides.

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Nucleotides

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Monomers that make up nucleic acid polymers. Each nucleotide contains a ribose sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogen containing base.

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Uracil

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A nitrogenous pyrimidine base found in RNA.

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Adenine 

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A nitrogenous purine base that is a component of nucleic acids and ATP.

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Cytosine

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A nitrogenous pyrimidine base that is a component of nucleic acids.

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Guanine

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A nitrogenous purine base that is a component of nucleic acids and GTP.

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Thymine

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A nitrogenous pyrimidine base found in DNA.

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