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| 8566813301 | Hydrophilic | Water-loving. | 0 | |
| 8566813302 | Hydrophobic | Water-fearing. | 1 | |
| 8566813305 | Surface tension | measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid | 2 | |
| 8566813309 | Saturated fat | Long carbon-hydrogen chains with all single bonds between carbon atoms. | 3 | |
| 8566813310 | Unsaturated fat | Long carbon-hydrogen chains with at least one double bond between carbon atoms. | 4 | |
| 8566813319 | Covalent bond | sharing electrons between two atoms | 5 | |
| 8566830156 | radioactive decay | nucleus breaks apart to become more stable and releases a lot of radiation | 6 | |
| 8566983848 | ion | when an atom accepts or donates an electron, it becomes charges, making it an ___ | 7 | |
| 8567148427 | cation | ions with a positive | 8 | |
| 8567151116 | anion | ions with a negative charge | 9 | |
| 8567158966 | ionic bond | ions are held together by electrical attractions between opposite charges | 10 | |
| 8567198615 | covalent bonds | 2 atoms share valence electrons; 1 pair: single bond, 2 pairs: double bond, 3 pairs: triple bond | 11 | |
| 8567223810 | polar molecules | results when electrons are unequal/unevenly shared (when one side is more positive/negative) | 12 | |
| 8567233092 | Hydrogen bonds | weak bonds created between molecules due to the attraction of opposite partial charges | 13 | |
| 8567266936 | ice is less dense than water | hydrogen bonds hold water molecules farther apart in ice | 14 | |
| 8567271495 | cohesion | water molecules are attracted to each other | 15 | |
| 8567283347 | adhesion | attraction of water to molecules of other substances | 16 | |
| 8567288402 | capillary action | cohesion and adhesion result in upward movement of water against gravity | 17 | |
| 8567447173 | homogeneous | solution in which solutes dissolve in solvents | 18 | |
| 8567451151 | heterogeneous | suspension in which different components can be seen | 19 | |
| 8567462964 | specific heat capacity | amount of heat needed to increase the temperature by 1C | 20 | |
| 8567471590 | pH | tells the concentration of H+ ions in a solution (acidity) | 21 | |
| 8589777709 | acids | pH below 7 (the more H+, the more acidic) | 22 | |
| 8589789046 | bases | pH above 7 (the more OH-, the more basic | 23 | |
| 8589794772 | buffers | weak acids or bases that react with strong acids or bases | 24 | |
| 8589807894 | neutral | life processes occur in this pH | 25 | |
| 8589822296 | organic molecules | carbs, lipids, and proteins | 26 | |
| 8589827165 | organic compounds | contain carbon and hydrogen | 27 | |
| 8589831247 | monomer | small units | 28 | |
| 8589839429 | polymer | macromolecule | 29 | |
| 8589848308 | organic macromolecules | Carohydrates(CHO), Lipids(CHO), Proteins(CHON), Nucleic Acids(CHONP) | 30 | |
| 8589854244 | Carbohdrates | immediate source of energy for living things | 31 | |
| 8589871170 | monosaccharide | simple sugar molecules | 32 | |
| 8589873632 | disaccharide | two simple sugar molecules | 33 | |
| 8589876535 | polysaccharide | more than 2 monosaccharides | 34 | |
| 8589878758 | lipids | nonpolar molecules that are important parts of membranes and coverings and are good for storing energy | 35 | |
| 8589889105 | proteins | made up of amino acids which are coded by DNA, they determine shape and growth and do EVERYTHING | 36 | |
| 8589896993 | amino acid |  | 37 | |
| 8589902294 | dipeptide | 2 amino acids together | 38 | |
| 8589904271 | polypeptide | more than 2 amino acids together(protein) | 39 | |
| 8589909199 | nucleic acids | polymers that contain CHONP; responsible for storing and transmitting genetic information | 40 | |
| 8589934462 | dehydration synthesis | two monomers are joined by removing a water molecule | 41 | |
| 8589936977 | hydrolysis | a polymer is broken apart by adding a water molecule | 42 | |
| 8589944337 | anabolic | endothermic | 43 | |
| 8589946504 | catabolic | exothermic | 44 | |
| 8589948799 | activation energy | the energy needed to start a reaction | 45 | |
| 8589951063 | catalysts | enzymes that speed up the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation energy | 46 | |
| 8589958469 | enzymes | proteins that act as biological catalysts | 47 |
