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| 14816211762 | covalent bond | A chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule | 0 | |
| 14816213961 | polar covalent bond | A covalent bond in which electrons are not shared equally | 1 | |
| 14816215894 | hydrogen bond | Attraction of opposite partial charges of neighboring molecules | 2 | |
| 14816226157 | Cohesion | Attraction between molecules of the same substance | 3 | |
| 14816230942 | surface tension | A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid | 4 | |
| 14816242061 | specific heat | The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree celcius | 5 | |
| 14816244337 | heat of vaporization | The amount of energy required for the liquid at its boiling point to become a gas | 6 | |
| 14816247679 | Solute | A substance that is dissolved in a solution. | 7 | |
| 14816250350 | Hydrophilic | Attracted to water | 8 | |
| 14816252853 | hyrdrophobic | (water fearing) molecules that repel water | 9 | |
| 14816257309 | Macromolecules | A very large organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules | 10 | |
| 14816260573 | Polymer | A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together. | 11 | |
| 14816264133 | Monomer | A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | 12 | |
| 14816268237 | dehydration synthesis | A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the removal of a water molecule. | 13 | |
| 14816270267 | Hydrolysis | Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water | 14 | |
| 14816272200 | Carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; type of nutrient that is the major source of energy for the body | 15 | |
| 14816282745 | Monosaccharides | Single sugar molecules | 16 | |
| 14816284412 | glycosidic linkage | A covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction. | 17 | |
| 14816286972 | Polysaccharides | Carbohydrates that are made up of more than two monosaccharides | 18 | |
| 14816289240 | Starch | A storage polysaccharide in plants consisting entirely of glucose. | 19 | |
| 14816291435 | Glycogen | An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch. | 20 | |
| 14816293727 | Cellulose | Carbohydrate component of plant cell walls. | 21 | |
| 14816297299 | Lipid | macromolecule made mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms; includes fats, oils, and waxes | 22 | |
| 14816301704 | fatty acid | hydrocarbon chain often bonded to glycerol in a lipid | 23 | |
| 14816309205 | Triglycerides | an energy-rich compound made up of a single molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acid. | 24 | |
| 14816311589 | saturated fats | hydrocarbon chain of a lipid having no double or triple bonds; fats that are solid at room temperature | 25 | |
| 14816320129 | unsaturated fats | hydrocarbon chain of a lipid having 1 or more double or triple bonds; liquid at room temperature | 26 | |
| 14816327108 | Phospholipids | a lipid consisting of a glycerol bound to two fatty acids and a phosphate group; main component of the cell membrane | 27 | |
| 14816333592 | catalyst | substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction | 28 | |
| 14816341655 | Polypeptide | A polymer (chain) of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. | 29 | |
| 14816341656 | Protein | A three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids. | 30 | |
| 14816343632 | amino acids | monomers of proteins | 31 | |
| 14816345423 | primary structure of protein | the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide chain | 32 | |
| 14816348258 | secondary structure of protein | alpha helix and beta pleated sheet formed by the hydrogen bonding of the polypeptide backbone | 33 | |
| 14816357374 | tertiary structure of protein | 3D shape of functional protein folded by the interactions of the R side chain | 34 | |
| 14816373109 | Denaturation | In proteins, a process in which a protein unravels and loses its native conformation (shape), thereby becoming biologically inactive. | 35 | |
| 14816379086 | DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information. | 36 | |
| 14816380995 | RNA | A single-stranded nucleic acid that passes along genetic messages | 37 | |
| 14816385610 | Pyrimidines | nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids; cytosine, thymine, uracil | 38 | |
| 14816388911 | Purines | nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids; Adenine and Guanine | 39 | |
| 14816393025 | antiparalell | This term describes the fact that the two strands of a DNA molecule run in opposite directions; one strands runs 5'-3' while the complementary strand runs 3'-5' | 40 | |
| 14816409734 | Carbohydrate |  | 41 | |
| 14816416976 | Lipid (triglyceride) |  | 42 | |
| 14816421161 | Lipid (Phospholipid) | 43 | ||
| 14816423501 | nucleic acid |  | 44 | |
| 14816426210 | Protein |  | 45 |
