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