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5472004986biochemistrystudy of chemical substances in or having effect on living organisms0
5471874835AtomContains protons, neutrons, and electrons orbiting it, mostly composed of empty space1
5471883793ProtonsPositively charged substance, 1 AMU, indicates atomic number on the periodic table2
5471908727NeutronsNeutrally charged substance, 1 AMU, indicates atomic mass on the periodic table3
5471913363ElectronsNegatively charged substance, 0 AMU, atomic mass-atomic number equals the number of these on the pt4
5471929977orbitalsthings that the electrons orbits on as it orbits the nucleus5
5471945001ioncharged atom6
5471952568valence electronsnumber of electrons in the outermost orbital (participate in chemical reactions)7
5471959060oxidation numbernumber of lent electrons so that the atom equals 8, metals lend and non metals steal8
5471975163isotopeatom that has an extra number of neutrons then it normally has, keeps same properties but may become radioactive9
5471992328isomerorganic compound that have the same molecular formula, but different structures10
5472018622most abundant elementsOxygen (O2), Carbon (CO2), Hydrogen (H2) Nitrogen (N2)11
5472025475diatomic moleculesconsist of 2 atoms covalently bonded (ex. O2, H2, CO2)12
5472036473inorganic compoundsmay be made by living things (may or may not have H or C)13
5472050738organic compoundsmade by living things, made of H and C (ex. carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids)14
5472060321chemical bondan attractive force that holds atoms together (represents stored energy, energy is released to the mito. and involves electrons in the outermost orbit)15
5472073234ionic bondformed by the gain or loss of electrons (valence) SINGLE BONDS ARE STRONGER THAN MULTIPLES!16
5472076710covalent bondformed when atoms share electrons17
5472087718molecular formulaa formula (ex. CH4)18
5472099335electron dot formulaa formula where dots represent how many electrons are distributed to each atom (in example, C has 24 and H has 6)19
5472121373structural formulaa formula where dashes represent 1 pair of shared electrons20
5472129185dissociationadding water to ionic compounds causing the ions to separate or move freely (water is polar molecule)21
5472155482hydrogen ionH+22
5472156904hydroxide ionOH-23
5472158771pure water[H+] = [OH-] represents...24
5472164170acid solution[H+] is greater than [OH-]25
5472170597base solution[H+] is less than [OH-]26
5472173938pH scaleA measure of acidity or alkalinity of water soluble substances (1-6 equals acidic [H+] , 7 equals neutral, and 8-16 equals base[OH-])27
5472195995pink/redphenolphthalien color when base is added28
5472202143clearphenolphthalien color when acid is added29
5472204981bluebromthymol blue color when base is added30
5472207801yellowbromthymol blue color when acid is added31
5472210534blueboth litmus paper colors when base is added32
5472213768pink/redboth litmus paper colors when acid is added33
5472217907brownpHydrion paper color when base is added (quantitative)34
5472221481redpHydrion paper color when acid is added (strong acid) (quantitative)35
5472315625neutralizationmix an acid with a base to return to neutral36

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