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science cpt2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atom | Basic unit of matter |
| Nucleus | The center of an atom which has protons and nutrons, in cells containing genetic material (DNA) and controls cells functions |
| Electron | Negatively charged particle located outside the nucleus |
| Ionic bond | bond forme when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another |
| Ion | atom that has a positive or negative charge |
| Covalent bond | bond formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms |
| Cohesion | attraction between molecules of the same substance |
| solute | a substance that is dissolved in a solvent to make a solution |
| solvent | substance in which a solute dissolves to form a solution |
| pH scale | measurment system used to indicate the concentration of hydrogen ions in solution (o-14) |
| monomer | small unit that can join together with other small unites to form polymers |
| polymer | large compounf formed from combinations of many monomers |
| carbohydrate | compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. major sourse of energy for the human body |
| monosaccharide | single sugar molecule |
| polysaccharide | large molecule from monosaccharide |
| Lipic | a macromolecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms, includs fats, oils, waxes. |
| Nucleic acid | macromolecule containing hydroge, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, phosporus |
| DNA | nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose |
| protein | Macromolecules that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitroge-needed to make and repair enzymes |
| amino acid | compound with no amino group |
| Reactant | elemant or compoud that enters into a chemicsl reaction |
| product | element or compound produced by a chemical reaction |
| catalyst | substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction |
| Enzyme | protein that acts as a biological catalyst |
| Element | substance consisting entirely of one type of atom |