Chapter 3 Flashcards
Hydrolysis
The splitting of a molecule through reaction with water
Condensation reaction
A chemical reaction in which one molecule of water is produced
Cohesion
The attraction of like molecules to each other
Capillarity
The reaction of a liquid surface with a solid; capillarity allows water to creep up the interior of a narrow vessel
Polar compound
A compound with one side having a negative charge and the other side a positive charge
Monomers
A repeated single molecule unit in a polymer
Macromolecules
A very large organic molecule composed of many smaller molecule
Hydrogen bond
A weak chemical bond between the hydrogen atom I’m one molecule and a negatively charged region of another molecule
Adhesion
The attractive force between unlike substances
Polymer
A compound consisting of repeated linked monomers
Alcohol
Organic compound with a hydroxyl group attached to one of its carbon atoms
ATP
A molecule present in all living cells and acting as an energy source for metabolic processes
Functional groups
A structural building block that determines the characteristics of a chemical compound
