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my chapter 6 vocab
biochemistery
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid | any substance that forms hydrogen ions in water and has a pH below 7. |
| atom | smallest particles of an element that has the characteristics of that element basic building block of all matter. |
| base | any substance that forms hydroxide ions in water and has a pH above 7. |
| compound | substance composed of atoms of two or mare different elements that are chimically combined. |
| covalent bonde | chemical bond when two atoms share electrons. |
| element | substance that cant be broken down into simpler chemical substance. |
| ion | atom or group of atoms that gain or loseelectrons, has an electrical charge. |
| ionic bond | chemical bond formed by the attractive forces between two ions of the opposite charge. |
| isotope | atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons in the neucleus. |
| metabolism | all of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism. |
| mixture | combination of substances in which individual components retain their own properties. |
| molecules | group of atoms held together by covalent bonds, has no overall charge. |
| nucleus | positively charged center of an atom composed of neutrons and positively charged protons, and surrounded by negatively charged electrons.in eukaryoticcells, the central membrane bound organelle that manages cellular functions and contains. |
| pH | measure of how acidic or basic a solution is, the scale ranges from below 0 to above 14, solution with pH above 7 is basic and a pH below 7 is acidic. |
| solution | mixture in wich one or more substances are distributed evenly in another substance. |
| diffusion | |
| dynamic equilibrium | |
| hydrogen bond | |
| polar molecule | |
| amino acid | |
| carbohydrate | |
| enzyme | |
| isomer | |
| lipid | |
| nucleic acid | |
| nucleotide | |
| peptide bond | |
| polymer | |
| protien |