Organic chemistry Flashcards

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Carbon

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Valance number of 4, will form covalent bonds with H,O,P,S,N

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Organic Chemistry

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Chemistry in which Carbon is present

I.e. C6H12O6

Non ex. CO2

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Monomers

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Smaller (single) units,

protein monomers are: amino acids
Nuclei acids monomer : nucleotide

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Polymer

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3+ smaller units joined together

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each microscope has its advantages and disadvantages. which microscope has allowed scientist to conduct systamatic observations and provided them with the closest look into the structure of the cell?

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electron microscope

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what is an element?

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a pure substance containing only one atom

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what are isotopes?

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a element that differs in the number of nuetrons

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what is an ionic bond?

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a bond formed when 1+ electrons are transferred

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covalent bonding

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electrons are shared between atoms

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vander waal forces

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Intra-Molecular attraction

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hydrogen bond

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attraction between a hydrogen atom on one H2O molocules and the oxygen

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polar

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moloclues in which the charges (+,-) are not distributed evenly

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cohesion

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attraction between molocules of the same substances

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surface tension

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skin on H2O due to cohesion

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adhesion

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attraction between molocules of different substances

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mixtures

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materials composed of 2+ compounds that are PHYSICALLY mixed

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solution

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ion dispensed in water evenly

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solute

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substances that is dissolved

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solvent

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substance that does the dissolving

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suspensions

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mixture of H2O and non dissolved material (BLOOD)

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griffiths

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discovered transformation

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what is transformation

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when one type of bacteria has been permanently changed into another.

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bacteriophage

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kind of virus that infects bacteria