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| 8701136334 | Element | Basic building block of physical matter. Cannot be broken down to a simpler structure | 0 | |
| 8701157077 | Atom | the smallest unit of an element | 1 | |
| 8701161008 | Compound | A chemical substance composed of two or more atoms of elements | 2 | |
| 8701169165 | Molecule | the smallest unit of a compound | 3 | |
| 8701187346 | pH scale | The scale that is used to identify acids and bases (ranges from 0-14), acids are below 7, bases are above 7, neutral is equal to 7 | 4 | |
| 8701202659 | Polymer | A substance made of "many parts" | 5 | |
| 8701207015 | Organic Compound | Grouping of elements that always includes carbon. Essential to life's cellular processes | 6 | |
| 8701207016 | Carbohydrate | Organic Compound that is the quickest energy source for life. contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. (sugars and starches) | 7 | |
| 8701210267 | Lipid | Organic compound used for long term energy storage and makes up cell membranes. contains carbon and hydrogen (fat, oil, wax) | 8 | |
| 8701210268 | Protein | Organic Compound used for growth and repair and includes the enzyme group. contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen | 9 | |
| 8701213761 | Nucleic Acid | Organic compounds also know as DNA and RNA that code for all genetic information essential to life. Contains hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorous. | 10 | |
| 8701213762 | Nucleotide | Monomer of a nucleic acid, composed of a 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group and a nitrogenous base | 11 | |
| 8701217499 | Amino Acid | monomer of a protein, includes a variable side chain which makes each one unique | 12 | |
| 8701217500 | Cellulose | Rigid carbohydrate that is found in the cell wall of plant cells | 13 | |
| 8701217501 | Insulin | Protein hormone released by the pancreas in response to blood glucose levels | 14 | |
| 8701221975 | Hemoglobin | Protein in red blood cells containing iron; is responsible for circulating oxygen in the blood stream. | 15 | |
| 8701221976 | Enzyme | A type of protein that breaks compounds down and speeds up reactions | 16 | |
| 8701241077 | Substrate | the molecule to which an enzyme binds and acts upon (puzzle pieces) | 17 | |
| 8701241078 | Active Site | Site to an enzyme that binds to the substrate and triggers a chemical reaction, also determines the type of substrate to be acted upon | 18 | |
| 8701246022 | Activation Energy | The necessary energy to start a chemical reaction | 19 | |
| 8701458241 | Structure of a nucleic acid |  | 20 | |
| 8701460594 | Structure of a carbohydrate |  | 21 | |
| 8701460595 | structure of a lipid |  | 22 | |
| 8701464755 | two types of carbohydrates | Sugars and Starches | 23 | |
| 8701474563 | Glucose | important sugar used for energy | 24 | |
| 8701478497 | another name for complex carbohydrate | starch | 25 | |
| 8701492976 | Lipid function | long term energy storage | 26 | |
| 8701495582 | Carbohydrate function | quick energy storage and release | 27 | |
| 8701495583 | Nucleic acid function | stores and transmits genetic information | 28 | |
| 8701499655 | Protein Function | used for growth and repair (found in muscles) | 29 | |
| 8701503094 | Class of organic compounds to which enzymes belong | proteins | 30 | |
| 8701511370 | Binds with an enzyme | Substrate (at the active site) | 31 | |
| 8701515478 | The substrate that catalase breaks down | hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) breaks down h20 and o | 32 | |
| 8701524716 | make up all proteins | amino acids | 33 | |
| 8701524717 | Total number of amino acids | 20 | 34 | |
| 8701531798 | Examples of carbohydrates | glucose, cellulose, glycogen, starches | 35 | |
| 8701536249 | examples of proteins | insulin, hemoglobin, enzymes | 36 | |
| 8701544709 | shape of a protein determines | function | 37 | |
| 8701544710 | 4 organic compounds | carbohydrates, lipid, proteins, nucleic acids | 38 | |
| 8701548478 | how do enzymes function | lower the activation energy needed to carry out reactions | 39 | |
| 8701555117 | function of an enzyme | speeds up chemical reactions and breaks things down | 40 |
