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nucleus

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A particle the center of the atom

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Atom

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The makeup of everything in the world

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Proton

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Subatomic Positively charged particles

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Neutron

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Partials with a zero charge

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Electrons

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Subatomic Partials with a negative charge

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Element

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A substance that cannot be broken down

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Isotope

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Atoms with a different amount of neutrons but the same amount of protons, they are from the same element

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Compound

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The result of combining two elements

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Covalent bond

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The bond when two electrons are shared between two atoms

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Molecule

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Substance formed by covalent bonds

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Ion

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The end result of the atom that just lost or gained electrons

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Ionic bond

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The bond between ions that have opposite charges

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Chemical reaction

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The result of different elements forming something new

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Activation energy

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The least amout of energy needed to start something with the atom

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Catalyst

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Changes (lowers most of the time) the activation reaction

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Enzymes

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Special proteins that are used to break down food

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Substrates

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When the atoms come together they call this

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Active site

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The location of where the substrates are

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Polar molecules

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Molecules that are uneven

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Hydrogen bond

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A reaction involving a hydrogen atom and an oxygen atom, Florine, or nitrogen atoms

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Mixture

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A mix of things where each thing keeps its own properties

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Solution

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Homogeneous mix

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Solvent

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The part of the mixture that can dissolve things

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Solute

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The thing that dissolves

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Suspend

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To keep things from falling

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Acid

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Things that releases hydrogen atoms when it is dissolved in water

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Base

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They release hydrogen ions but only if they are dissolved in a liquid

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pH

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The measure of how much hydrogen is in something which determines if it’s a base or an acid

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Buffers

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A mixture that can change the pH of something

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Macromolecules

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A formation of large molecules by small organic molecules

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Polymers

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Molecules that are made up of the chaining of other molecules

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Carbohydrates

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A combination of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms that for each carbon

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Lipid

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A molecules made up of carbon and hydrogen

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Protein

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Made up of amino acids

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Amino acids

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Compounds of carbon,,hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen

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Nucleic acids

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Macromolecules that store and release genetic information

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Nucleotide

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The smaller particle that makes up a nucleic acid

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Product

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The end result of a reaction

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Van der waals force

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The attraction between molecules

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