Reactions Flashcards
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Attraction between slightly positive hydrogen atoms and slightly negative atoms such as oxygen or nitrogen
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Hydrogen bond
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Chemical reaction that absorbs more energy than released
Products have a higher bond than reactants
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Endothermic reaction
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Type of molecule that stores genetic information in living things
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Nucleic acids
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Amount of energy needed to break a chemical bond; also the amount of energy released when a bond forms
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Bond energy
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Allow chemical reactions to take place under tightly controlled conditions in living things
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Enzyme
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Chemical bonds hold me together
Always contain atoms of more than one element
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Compound
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Carbon chain found in many lipids
Can be saturated or unsaturated
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Fatty acid
