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Chapter 2: Chemistry Flashcards

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1
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The maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment

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Homeostasis

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The ability to do work. Living things obtain this through either sunlight or from the food they consume

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Energy

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All the chemical reactions taking place in the cells of a living organism that allow it to obtain and use energy

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Metabolism

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A chemically pure substance that cannot be chemically broken down. Made up and defined by a single type of atom

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Element

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Anything that takes up space and has mass

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Matter

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The smallest unit of an element that cannot be chemically broken down into smaller units

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Atom

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An inorganic molecule made up of linked amino acid subunits

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Protein

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A positively charged subatomic particle in the nucleus of an atom

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Proton

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A molecule in which electrons are not shared equally between atoms causing a partial negative charge at one end and a partial positive charge at the other

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Polar molecule

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A molecule that has a carbon based backbone and at least one C-H bond

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Organic molecule

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A molecule that lacks a carbon based back bone and a C-H bond

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Inorganic

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A negatively charged subatomic particle that has neglible mass

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Electron

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One chemical subunit of a polymer

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Monomer

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Organic molecules mad up of linked nucleotide subunits

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Nucleic acid

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Large organic molecules that make up living organisms including carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids

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Macromolecules

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A weak electrical attraction between a partially positive hydrogen atom and an atom with a partial negative charge

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Hydrogen bond

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A substance that reduces the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution making them more basic

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Base

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The building block or monomer of a carbohydrate

One sugar carbohydrate

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Monosaccharide

19
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Lipid that forms the cell membrane

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Phospholipid

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An organic molecule made up of one or more sugars

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Carbohydrate

21
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“Water fearing” repel water will not dissolve in water

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Hydrophobic

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“Water loving” molecules dissolve in water (attract water)

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Hydrophilic

23
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Water molecules stick to other surfaces through hydrogen bonds

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Adhesion

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A dissolved substance

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Solute

25
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A molecule made up of individual subunits called monomers linked linked together in a chain

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Polymer

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Atoms linked by covalent bonds

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Molecules

27
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A protein only infectious agent

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Prion

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An electrically uncharged subatomic particle in the nucleus of an atom

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Neutron

29
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Organic molecules that generally repel water

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Lipid

30
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The basic structural unit of living organisms

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Cell

31
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A mixture of solute and a solvent

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Solution

32
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The building block or monomer of a protein

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Amino acid

33
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Water molecules sticking to other water molecules through hydrogen bonds

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Cohesion

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The building block or monomer of a nucleic acid

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Nucleotide

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A strong electrical attraction between oppositely charged ions formed by the transfer of one or more electrons from one to another

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Ionic bond

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An electrically charged atom the charge resulting from the loss or gain of electrons

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Ions

37
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Multiple linked sugars

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Polysaccharide

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A measure of the concentration of H+ in a solution

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pH

39
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A substance that increases the hydrogen ion concentration of solutions making them more acidic

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Acid

40
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A substance in which other substances can dissolve

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Solvent

41
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The dense core of an atom

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Nucleus

42
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A strong chemical bond resulting from the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms

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Covalent bond

43
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A phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins that form the boundary of all cells

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Cell membrane

44
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An infectious agent made up of a protein shell that encloses genetic information

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Virus

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