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Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Atoms   Smallest particle of an element,that contains the chemical characteristics of that element.  
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Subatomic Particles   Neutron, Proton, and Electron  
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Element   Simplest type of matter with unique chemical properties.  
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Atomic Number   Equal to the number of protons in each atom.  
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Mass Number   The total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus.  
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Isotopes   Two or more atoms with the same atomic number, but contain a different number of neutrons.  
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Energy Levels   The fixed amount of energy that a system such as a molecule, atom, electron, or nucleus, can have.  
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Chemical Bonds   Occurs when the outermost electrons are transferred or shared between atoms.  
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Anions   A negatively charged ion.  
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Cations   A positively charged ion.  
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Kinetic Energy   Energy that a body possesses when in motion.  
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Potential Energy   The energy possessed by a body based on position, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors. NO MOTION.  
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Catabolism   The breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy; destructive metabolism.  
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Anabolism   The synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from simpler ones together with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism.  
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Decomposition   Basically breaks or dissolves something. AB - A+B  
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Synthesis   Basically makes something. A+B - AB  
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pH Scale   The concentration of hydrogen ions.  
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Amino Acids   A simple organic compound; the monomer for Proteins.  
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Polypeptides   A polymer of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds.  
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Steroids   Organic compounds with a molecular structure of four rings of carbon atoms.  
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Peptide Bonds   The bonds that join amino acids together to form polypeptides.  
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Nucleotides   A compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group; the monomer for Nucleic Acid.  
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ATP and ADP   ATP is the main source of energy for cellular reactions. Made of 3 phosphate. Use one phosphate and it turns to ADP. ADP is a 2 phosphate  
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Cytokinesis   The cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, creating two daughter cells.  
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Stem Cells   an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.  
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