3944648125 | Organic Compounds | contains carbon with hydrogen and other atoms such as Nitrogen, Phosphate and Sulfur | ![]() | 0 |
3944668072 | Inorganic Compounds | doesn't contain carbon with hydrogen, or these other elements | ![]() | 1 |
3944680956 | Ionic Bonds | charged atom, between a non-metal and a metal | ![]() | 2 |
3944694919 | Covalent Bonds | shared electrons, between two non-metals | ![]() | 3 |
3944702337 | Oxidation | Occurs when oxygen is chemically added to a substance, if a substance loses hydrogen( or electrons) | ![]() | 4 |
3944714409 | Reduction | Occurs when oxygen is removed from a substance, if a substance gains hydrogen( or electrons) | 5 | |
3944730165 | PH scale | Used to measure the strength of an acid or base, dependent on hydrogen ion concentration or hydroxide | ![]() | 6 |
3944756275 | base/basic | the higher the number, the higher concentration of hydroxide >7 | 7 | |
3944769837 | Buffers | chemicals that keep the pH constant by taking up the excess hydrogen ion or hydroxide | 8 | |
3944798369 | Polarity and Polar bonds | The shared pair of electrons are not shared evenly. One atom with a higher electronegativity pulls harder then the weakest. With a partial positive and partially negative charge. | ![]() | 9 |
3944825417 | solvent | the liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution. | 10 | |
4619124519 | temperature regulator | ater enables it to effectively regulate and organism's temperature. | 11 | |
4619130008 | amino acids | a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group | ![]() | 12 |
4619141134 | dehydration synthesis | the process of joining two molecules (or compounds) together following the removal of water. | ![]() | 13 |
4619146375 | hydrolysis | the chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water. | ![]() | 14 |
4619150241 | organic monomers | a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer. | ![]() | 15 |
4619152242 | polymers | substances whose molecules have high molar masses and are composed of a large number of repeating units | ![]() | 16 |
4619155379 | ATP | a compound consisting of an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups, present in all living tissue. provides energy | ![]() | 17 |
4619168037 | 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 | ![]() | 18 |
4619169986 | Disaccharide | a sugar (a carbohydrate) composed of two monosaccharides. It is formed when two sugars are joined together and a molecule of water is removed | ![]() | 19 |
4619171266 | glucose | a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. | ![]() | 20 |
4619172537 | glycerol | The fatty acid molecule is a long chain of covalently bonded carbon atoms with nonpolar bonds to hydrogen atoms all along the carbon chain with a carboxyl group attached to one end. | ![]() | 21 |
4619176689 | hemoglobin | a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates. Its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a heme group. | ![]() | 22 |
4619177924 | monosaccharides | (e.g. glucose) and disaccharides (e.g. sucrose) are relatively small molecules. They are often called sugars. | ![]() | 23 |
4619181386 | neutral fat | produced by the dehydration synthesis of one or more fatty acids with an alcohol like glycerol | ![]() | 24 |
4619185294 | phospholipid | consist of a glycerol molecule, two fatty acids, and a phosphate group that is modified by an alcohol. The phosphate group is the negatively-charged polar head, which is hydrophilic. The fatty acid chains are the uncharged, nonpolar tails, which are hydrophobic | ![]() | 25 |
4619186898 | Polysaccharides | a long-chain carbohydrate made up of smaller carbohydrates called monosaccharides that's typically used by our bodies for energy or to help with cellular structure | ![]() | 26 |
4619188288 | Ribose | a sugar of the pentose class that occurs widely in nature as a constituent of nucleosides and several vitamins and enzymes. | ![]() | 27 |
4619188902 | RNA | ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins, although in some viruses RNA rather than DNA carries the genetic information. | ![]() | 28 |
4619191773 | Fatty acids | a carboxylic acid consisting of a hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxyl group, especially any of those occurring as esters in fats and oils. | ![]() | 29 |
4619193011 | Steroids | any of a large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms | ![]() | 30 |
4635679459 | Main functions of carbohydrates | considered to be the main source of energy for cells. Structural help in plants | 31 | |
4635682359 | Starch(polysacchride) | it's the storage form of glucose in plants, it's an important source of of energy for animals that eat plants, it's a chain of glucose with a few side branches | 32 | |
4635690121 | Glycogen | it's the storage form of glucose in animal (even humans) \, found in the muscles and liver, long chains of glucose with many side branches | 33 | |
4635692009 | Cellulose | it's found in plants, where it forms their ridged cell walls, it's not digestible for most animals(including humans), it's a dietary fiber, long chains of glucose alternating between upside down and right side up | 34 | |
4635701871 | Nu | 35 |
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