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Chapter 6- Chemistry In Biology Flashcards

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What are Products?

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Substances formed in a chemical reaction

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What is a Compound?

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Two or more different elements bonded together

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What is an Chemical Reaction?

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Atoms or groups of atoms in substance reorganized, breaking or making bonds to form different substances

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What are neutrons?

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No charge particle in the nucleus of an Atom

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What are electrons?

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Negatively charged particles spinning around nucleus not in

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What is a Atom?

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Building block of matter

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What are bonds?

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Two atoms sharing a pair of electrons

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What are reactants?

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Starting substances in a chemical reaction

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What are protons?

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Positively charged particles in the nucleus of Atom?

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What is an element?

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Pierce substance that cannot be broken down 100+ on the periodic table

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Define dehydrate

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Reactions that remove water molecules

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Define in enzymes/catalyst

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Biological proteins that speed up rate of reaction by lowering the activation energy

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Define lipids

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Fats and oils used to store energy

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Define nucleic acids

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Genetic information in DNA and RNA

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What are monosaccharides?

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Monomers for carbohydrates

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What are amino acids?

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Monomers for proteins

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What is a Monomer?

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A subunit of a macromolecule

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What are carbohydrates?

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Sugars and starches used for energy

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What are proteins?

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Meat and dairy used to build muscle and bone structure

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What are fatty acids?

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Monomers for lipids

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What are nucleotides?

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Monomers for nucleic acid

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What is the water cycle?

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Evaporation condensation and reciprocation

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What is the pH cycle?

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Assets causes increased hydrogen+ concentration and lowered pH number ;bases are opposite

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What is the reaction rate?

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How fast a reaction proceeds

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What is the activation energy?

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The minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products

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What is a substrate?

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The reactions that bind to enzymes

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What is an active site?

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A place on the substrate and enzyme where they bind together

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What is the carbon cycle?

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Carbon dioxide animals breathe out ,plants breathe in ; stored as waste and living tissue

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What is the nitrogen cycle?

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In the air fixed by bacteria in proteins and DNA

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What elements are present in carbohydrates?

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Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen

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What elements are present in Proteins?

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Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen , oxygen and Sulfur

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