Chemical compound

Question 0

Compound

Answer 0

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a specific ration or proportion.

Question 1

Element

Answer 1

A pure substance that can not be broken down by into other substances by chemicals or physical means.

Question 2

Organic compound

Answer 2

Most compounds that contain carbon.

Question 3

Inorganic compound

Answer 3

Compound that don’t contain carbon

Question 4

Carbohydrate

Answer 4

An energy rich organic compound, such as a sugar or starch that is made of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Question 5

Lipid

Answer 5

An energy rich organic compound such as a fat, oil or wax that is made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Question 6

Protein

Answer 6

Large organic molecule made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. nitrogen, and sometimes.

Question 7

Enzyme

Answer 7

1. A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing.
2. A biological catalyst that lowers than the activation energy or reaction in cells

Question 8

Nucleus

Answer 8

1. In cells a large oval organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material in the for DNA and controls many of the cell’s activities.
2. The central core of an atom which contains protons and neutrons.
3. The solid inner core of comet.

Question 9

DNA

Answer 9

Deoxyribonucleic acid the genetic material that carry information about an organism and passed from parent to offspring.