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| 10949109769 | hydrophilic | Attracted to water |  | 0 |
| 10949116371 | hydrophobic | avoids water |  | 1 |
| 10949123463 | acid | has a low pH and a high concentration of H+ | 2 | |
| 10949135843 | base | has a high pH and a high concentration of OH- | 3 | |
| 10949150355 | macromolecule | large biological molecule |  | 4 |
| 10949162243 | polymer | large compound formed from combinations of many monomers |  | 5 |
| 10949175130 | monomer | The subunit that serves as the building block of a polymer. |  | 6 |
| 10949187278 | carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body | 7 | |
| 10949190978 | monosaccharide | the simplest carbohydrate; a single sugar such as glucose |  | 8 |
| 10949204105 | disaccharide | 2 monosaccharides joined together; a double sugar |  | 9 |
| 10949214996 | polysaccharide | a complex carbohydrate such as starch or glycogen |  | 10 |
| 10949232083 | lipid | a hydrophobic macromolecule that contains C, H, and O; consists of triglycerides, waxes and phospholipids |  | 11 |
| 10949250954 | triglyceride | a type of lipid that is made of 3 fatty acids joined to a glycerol molecule |  | 12 |
| 10949264552 | saturated | describes a lipid that is solid at room temperature |  | 13 |
| 10949275892 | unsaturated | describes a lipid that is liquid at room temperature |  | 14 |
| 10949282887 | protein | the most diverse type of macromolecule; contains C, H, O and N and forms complex 3D shapes |  | 15 |
| 10949298171 | amino acid | Building blocks of protein; 20 different types, each with a different "R" group | | 16 |
| 10949315040 | nucleic acid | macromolecule containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus; carry hereditary information |  | 17 |
| 10949322488 | DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid; found within the nucleus of all living things |  | 18 |
| 10949330856 | RNA | ribonucleic acid; single stranded and is used to transfer the information from DNA outside of the nucleus | 19 | |
| 10949362117 | surface tension | the property of water that allowed you to balance a paperclip on the surface |  | 20 |
| 10949384252 | cohesion | molecules stick together |  | 21 |
| 10949388978 | adhesion | An attraction between molecules of different substances |  | 22 |
| 11048548783 | active transport | Energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration difference |  | 23 |
| 11048548784 | passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell |  | 24 |
| 11048555519 | simple diffusion | movement of a solute from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |  | 25 |
| 11048558920 | facilitated diffusion | Movement of specific molecules across cell membranes through protein channels; does not require energy |  | 26 |
| 11048595810 | endocytosis | process by which a cell takes material into the cell by infolding of the cell membrane |  | 27 |
| 11048595811 | exocytosis | release of substances out a cell by the fusion of a vesicle with the membrane. |  | 28 |
| 11048600469 | vesicle | A membrane bound sac that contains materials involved in transport of the cell. |  | 29 |
| 11048607485 | semipermeable | allows only certain substances to pass through |  | 30 |
| 11048618943 | hypertonic | Having a higher concentration of solute than another solution. |  | 31 |
| 11048629260 | hypotonic | Having a lower concentration of solute than another solution |  | 32 |
| 11048632509 | isotonic | when the concentration of two solutions is the same |  | 33 |
