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vocab
Term | Definition |
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element | any substance that cannot be broken down into similar substances |
compound | when two or more elements combine chemically, they form a compound |
carbohydrate | an energy rich organic compounds made of the elements |
lipid | energy rich compounds made of carbon hydrogen and oxygen |
protein | large organic molecules made of carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and some cases sulfur |
amino acid | protein molecules are made up of smaller molecules |
enzyme | a type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing |
nucleic acid | very long organic molecules made of carbon oxygen carbon hydrogen nitrogen and phosphorus |
DNA | the genetic material that carries information about an organisms and is passed from parent to offspring |
RNA | production of proteins |