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| 4852713618 | Emergent properties | Properties that exists for a system as a whole, but not for the individuals of that system. They are consequence of the individuals within the system acting with each other. For example a heart is made up of cells and can preform various functions do to these heart cells. However, alone a heart cell will not do anything. |  | 0 |
| 4852715738 | Negative Feedback | When an initial stimulus occurs, an opposite reaction results in order to maintain balance of the system |  | 1 |
| 4852717446 | Prokaryotic Cell | A one cell organism that has neither a nucleus or membrane bound organelles. They consist of cytoplasm, basic internal structures, and ribosomes for protein creation. |  | 2 |
| 4852717447 | Electron shells | Grouping of electrons surrounding the nucleus of an atom. |  | 3 |
| 4852719297 | Valence Electron | Atom on the outer shell of an atom which can participate in forming chemical bonds with other atoms |  | 4 |
| 4852720614 | Polar Covalent bond | A type of chemical bond in which two atoms share electrons unequally with each other. |  | 5 |
| 4852723320 | Electronegativity | The measure of the ability for one atom to attract a bond with another atom |  | 6 |
| 4852899775 | Hydrogen bond | A type of dipole-dipole interaction in which an electonegative atom and a hydrogen atom bond to another electronegtive atom, either within the same molecule or between two molecules |  | 7 |
| 4852899776 | Cohesion | The property that makes alike molecules attracted to one another and "stick" together. Example: water droplets |  | 8 |
| 4852899777 | Adhesion | The property of different molecules or surfaces to cling to each other Example: water droplets against water bottle walls. | | 9 |
| 4852901012 | Polar molecule | A molecules who's atoms do not have an equal electron distribution in orbit. This uneven distribution creates dipoles at the end of the molecule. |  | 10 |
| 4852901013 | Kinetic energy | Energy due to the motion of an object |  | 11 |
| 4852902095 | Evaporative cooling | Decrease in temperature due to the evaporation of a liquid from a surface. This is because as liquid turns to gas, |  | 12 |
| 4852907096 | Aqueous solution | A solution in which the solvent is water, meaning another substance is diluted in water |  | 13 |
| 4852907097 | Hydration shell | The "shell" of water molecules in a polar substance of an aqueous solution |  | 14 |
| 4852908582 | Hydrophilic | Having a strong attraction for water |  | 15 |
| 4852908583 | Hydrophobic | Something that is repelled by water or at least does not mix | | 16 |
| 4852909857 | Colloid | Microscopic particles or macro molecules that are suspended in a liquid medium. |  | 17 |
| 4852910971 | Hydronium ion | H3O+, Derived from the ponotaion of water, it is a positevly charged cation and has three hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Is present in all aqueous acids |  | 18 |
| 4852913141 | Hydroxide ion | OH-, an anion consisting of one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom. When dissolved in water it has an extremely basic ph and can be dangerous. |  | 19 |
| 4852914092 | Organic chemistry | Chemistry relating to the study of compounds which contain carbon bonded to hydrogen , these types of compounds are found in all living things. |  | 20 |
| 4852914093 | Hydrocarbons | An organic compound consisting of solely carbon and hydrogen atoms, these include ethyne, ethane, and ethene. |  | 21 |
| 4852915103 | Structural isomers | Two or more compounds that have the same chemical make up but different structural sequence. |  | 22 |
| 4852916334 | .Geometric isomers | Two or more compounds that have similar chemical make up but differ due to the placement of double bonds, rings, or rigid structure. |  | 23 |
| 4852917937 | Enantiomers | Chiral molecules that are mirror images of each other and cannot be placed on each other to give the same molecule |  | 24 |
| 4852918174 | Functional group | A group of atoms and bond that when together, defines the structure, function, and chemical reactivity of a compound |  | 25 |
| 4853149479 | Adenosine triphosphate | a compound consisting of an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups. It is i in all living tissue. The breakage of one phosphate linkage provides energy for muscle movement and physical reactions. |  | 26 |
| 4853149480 | Condensation reaction | When two molecules combine to form one, larger, more complex molecule, accompanied with the loss of a small molecule is a result. Often the small molecule lost is water |  | 27 |
| 4853149639 | Dehydration reaction | A chemical reaction involving the loss of a water molecule from the reactant |  | 28 |
| 4853150269 | Enzymes | Proteins that act as catalyst to speed up or accelerate a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy required to produce the reaction. Each enzyme has a "active site" where other reagents can interact. |  | 29 |
| 4853150270 | Macromolecules | Molecules containing many atoms. These can include proteins, nucleic acids, or synthetic polymers. |  | 30 |
| 4853150974 | Monosaccharides | The simplest units of carbohydrates and the simplest form of sugar, they are the building blocks of more complex carbohydrates such as disaccharides and polysaccharides. They are colorless, dissolve in water, and have a crystal like appearance. |  | 31 |
| 4853151466 | Disaccharide | Two monosacchrides combined into one using the process of dehydration synthesis. This can also be described as a condensation reaction. |  | 32 |
| 4853152329 | Glycosidic linkage | Bonds formed between a sugar molecule, or carbohydrate, and -OR group, found mostly in carbohydrate molecules, such as simple sugars and complex starches. |  | 33 |
| 4853152330 | Polysaccharides | Long-chain carbohydrates made up of smaller monosaccharides which are typically used by bodies for energy or to help with cellular structure. Each monosaccharide is connected together via glycosidic bonds. |  | 34 |
| 4853152947 | Cellulose | Polysaccchride comprised of a linear chain making up the cell walls of plants that is used to make plastics, paper etc |  | 35 |
| 4853152948 | Fatty acid | Made largely of a chain of carbon atoms bonded with hydrogen atoms and are used to make lipids and store energy. At one of the ends of a fatty acid is a carboxyl group (-COOH), which is the reactive portion of the fatty acid and is used in chemical reactions to make lipids and to store energy. The carboxyl group will normally bond with one of the hydroxyl groups (-OH) of glycerol during dehydration synthesis. As this bond forms, energy is stored and water is released as a product of the reaction. |  | 36 |
| 4853153606 | Triacylglycerol | A combination of fatty acids and the chemical compound glycerol, which serve as an energy resource when experiencing long periods of food shortage |  | 37 |
| 4853154331 | Saturated fatty acid | A fatty acid which has no double bonds, has the maximum number of hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbons, and is "saturated" with hydrogen atoms. Fatty acid foods are pork, beef, and butter, and are generally not good for you. |  | 38 |
| 4853991535 | Unsaturated fatty acid | A fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain. These can include chicken, olive oil, and corn |  | 39 |
| 4853991536 | Phospholipid | Type of lipid which surrounds cells, consisting of a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail. They form the phospolipid bilayer, which make up the cell membrane. | | 40 |
| 4853992204 | Steroids | Organic compounds that contain four rings of carbon atoms, all of which have three 6-sided carbon rings and one 5-sided carbon ring. They can act as hormones to regulate the body's various tasks and functions. |  | 41 |
| 4853992205 | Polypeptides | Chains of different amino acids linked together in the process of dehydration synthesis. These can serve as a protein on its or own, or join together to comprise a protein. |  | 42 |
| 4853992610 | Amino acid | The building blocks of proteins, all of which have a central carbon atom, hydrogen atom, an amino group, a carboxyl group, and an R-group or side chain |  | 43 |
| 4853992611 | Peptide bond | Covalent bonds found in proteins which connect amino acids. They are formed between two molecules when the carboxyl group of one molecule reacts with the amino group of the other molecule, releasing a molecule of water (H2O). (dehydration synthesis reaction) . |  | 44 |
| 4853993033 | Deoxyribonucleic acid | Genetic material found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells. It consists of a double helix, and four organic bases. These bases are cytosine (C), thymine (T), adenine (A) and guanine (G). |  | 45 |
| 4853993034 | Ribonucleic acid | A single strand of genetic material folded in on itself (unlike the double helix in DNA), and consists of the bases guanine (G) , uracil (U), adenine (A), and cytosine (C). |  | 46 |
| 4853993968 | .Polynucleotides | A chain of nucleotides which combine to for together. One strand creates RNA, while who strands create DNA. |  | 47 |
| 4853993969 | Pyrimidine | One of two biologically important families of nitrogen-containing molecules called nitrogenous bases. They form a rind of six atoms, and contains atoms from at least two different elements. |  | 48 |
| 4853994534 | Purine | The other important nitrogen containing molecules called a nitrogeneous bases. They consist of a double ring structure of a six atom ring fused to a five atom ring. Each purine has four nitrogens, and five carbons. They are essential to genetic material in chromosomes, as well as in bacteria and viruses. |  | 49 |
