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Studying for the biochemistry test so I don't get kicked out of honors.

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Organisms   All living things  
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Nutrition   the process that provides the substances used by an organism for tissue repair or growth  
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Digestion   Processing food for use by the organism  
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Respiration   the process that released energy for use by cells  
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Metabolism   All chemical activities that an organism performs to sustain life  
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Homeostasis   The maintenance of a stable internal environment in spite of changes in external environment  
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Cell theory   Every organism is made up of one or more cells; The cell is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things  
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Indicator   Shows the presence of a certain substance. i.e. Litmus paper or benedict solution  
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Enzymes   large complex protein molecules that control the rate of chemical reactions  
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The building blocks of proteins are   amino acids  
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Elements found in proteins   carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen  
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Where do the chemical processes of the organism take place?   inside the organism's cells  
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Livings things are composed of tiny units called   atoms  
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The center core of an atom is called the   nucleu  
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Electron's charge:   (-1), located around the nucleus  
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Proton's charge:   (+1), located at the nucleus  
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Neutron   (0), located at the nucleus  
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Why are atoms electrically neutral?   Atoms have the same number of neutrons and protons, that why they're so electrically neutral.  
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A substance made up of one kind of atom   Element i.e. silver  
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Carbon   C  
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Hydrogen   H  
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Oxygen   O  
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Nitrogen   N  
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Sulfur   S  
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Phosphorus   P  
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Magnesium   Mg  
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Iodine   I  
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Iron   Fe  
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Calcium   Ca  
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Sodium   Na  
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Chlorine   CI  
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Potassium   K  
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Zinc   Zn  
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When two or more elements combine chemically   Compound  
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Elements combine to form compounds   chemical bonding  
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Smallest particle of an element or compound capable of independent motion   Molecule  
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atom that has gained or lost an electron   Ion  
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bond that is formed when atoms lose or gain electrons   ionic bond  
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when atoms produces compounds sharing electrons   Covalent bonds  
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represents the chemical makeup of a compound   Chemical formula  
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A formula that shows the kinds, numbers, and arrangement of atoms   structural formula  
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Substances that start reactions   reactants  
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substances formed by reaction   products  
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