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| 15186306106 | ionic bond | bond resulting from a transfer of electrons | 0 | |
| 15186306107 | covalent bond | bond resulting from the sharing of electrons | 1 | |
| 15186306108 | nonpolar | electrons shared equally | 2 | |
| 15186306109 | polar | electrons shared unequally | 3 | |
| 15186306110 | buffer | substance that resists changes in pH | 4 | |
| 15186306111 | bicarbonate ion | most important buffer in human blood | 5 | |
| 15186306112 | isomer | organic compounds with the same molecular formula but different structure | 6 | |
| 15186306113 | structural isomer | isomer differing in the arrangement of atoms | 7 | |
| 15186306116 | enantiomer | mirror image of an isomer | 8 | |
| 15186306117 | monosaccharide | C6H12O6 simple sugar; glucose, galactose, and fructose | 9 | |
| 15186306118 | disaccharide | two monosaccharides joined together; C12H22O1; maltose, lactose, and sucrose | 10 | |
| 15186306119 | dehydration synthesis | condensation; joining compounds together with water released | 11 | |
| 15186306120 | hydrolysis | breakdown of a compound by adding water | 12 | |
| 15186306121 | polysaccharide | polymers of carbohydrates | 13 | |
| 15186306122 | cellulose | structural polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls | 14 | |
| 15186306123 | starch | storage polysaccharide found in plants | 15 | |
| 15186306124 | amylose | simplest storage polysaccharide form of starch | 16 | |
| 15186306126 | chitin | structural polysaccharide found in animals; makes up the exoskeleton in arthropods | 17 | |
| 15186306127 | glycogen | storage polysaccharide animal starch that in humans is stored in the liver and the skeletal muscle | 18 | |
| 15186306128 | glycerol | alcohol portion of a lipid | 19 | |
| 15186306129 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end; majority portion in lipids | 20 | |
| 15186306130 | saturated fat | fat without double bonds | 21 | |
| 15186306131 | unsaturated fat | fat with double bonds | 22 | |
| 15186306132 | steroid | lipid with a four fused ring structure; cholesterol and testosterone | 23 | |
| 15186306133 | peptide bond | bond creating amino acid chains or polymers | 24 | |
| 15186306134 | conformation | protein's unique shape that determines its function | 25 | |
| 15186306135 | primary structure | linear sequence of amino acids; peptide bonds | 26 | |
| 15186306136 | secondary structure | protein formed with hydrogen bonds | 27 | |
| 15186306137 | tertiary structure | 3D conformation formed; determines specificity | 28 | |
| 15186306138 | quaternary structure | protein with more than one polypeptide chain | 29 | |
| 15186306139 | alpha helix | secondary structure form of a protein; human hair (keratin) | 30 | |
| 15186306140 | beta pleated sheet | secondary structure form of a protein; spider webs and silk | 31 | |
| 15186306142 | heme group | one of four polypeptide chains in the quaternary structure of hemoglobin | 32 | |
| 15186306143 | protein folding problem | how proteins form their unique shapes | 33 | |
| 15186306144 | chaperone proteins | molecules that assist in folding other proteins | 34 | |
| 15186306145 | functional group | components of organic molecules most often involved in chemical reactions | 35 | |
| 15186306158 | cohesion | capacity to resist tension to rupture | 36 | |
| 15186306159 | alkaline | synonym for basic | 37 | |
| 15186306160 | salt | compound that releases ion other than H+ or OH- when dissolved in water | 38 | |
| 15186306161 | phosphorylation | any phosphate group transfer | 39 | |
| 15186306162 | chemical equilibrium | when the reaction rate is about the same in either direction | 40 | |
| 15186306163 | polymer | long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together | 41 | |
| 15186306164 | monomer | building block for polymers; only made by producers | 42 | |
| 15186306165 | adhesion | attraction between different kinds of molecules | 43 | |
| 15186306166 | surface tension | measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid | 44 | |
| 15186306167 | van der Waals interactions | tertiary structure; weak attractions between molecules or parts of molecules that result from localized charge fluctuations | 45 | |
| 15186306169 | evaporative cooling | property of a liquid where the surface becomes cooler during evaporation due to the loss of molecules | 46 | |
| 15186306171 | disulfide bridge | tertiary structure; strong covalent bond formed when one sulfur of one cysteine monomer bonds to the sulfur of another | 47 | |
| 15186306172 | hydrophobic interaction | tertiary structure; weak chemical bond formed when molecules that do not mix with water change to exclude the water | 48 | |
| 15186306173 | hydrocarbon | organic molecule consisting of only hydrogen and carbon | 49 | |
| 15186306174 | macromolecule | giant molecule formed by the joining of smaller molecules | 50 | |
| 15186306175 | glycosodic linkage | covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration synthesis reaction | 51 | |
| 15186306176 | nucleotide | building block of a nucleic acid; five carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogen base and a phosphate group | 52 | |
| 15186306177 | pyramidine | cytosine, thymine, and uracil; six-membered ring | 53 | |
| 15186306178 | purine | adenine and guanine; six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring | 54 | |
| 15186306179 | triose | three carbon sugar | 55 | |
| 15186306180 | pentose | five carbon sugar | 56 | |
| 15186306181 | hexose | six carbon sugar | 57 | |
| 15186306182 | hydroxyl | hydrogen bonded to oxygen bonded to an organic molecule's carbon skeleton; alcohol; polar | 58 | |
| 15186306183 | carbonyl | carbon double bonded to oxygen; ketones and aldehydes | 59 | |
| 15186306184 | carboxyl | oxygen double bonded to a carbon atom that is bonded to a hydroxyl group | 60 | |
| 15186306185 | amine | nitrogen bonded to two hydrogens and to the carbon skeleton | 61 | |
| 15186306186 | sulfhydryl | sulfur bonded to hydrogen in roughly the shape of a hydroxyl; cysteine | 62 | |
| 15186306187 | phosphate | phosphorous bonded to four oxygens, two have negative charges, one is bonded to the carbon skeleton; phospholipid | 63 | |
| 15186306188 | methyl | carbon bonded to three hydrogens; arrangement determines function of male and female sex hormones | 64 |
