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Biology CH 2
Molecules of Life
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Particle that is a fundamental building block of matter. | Atom |
| Number of protons in the atomic nucleus; determines the element. | Atomic Number |
| Electrical property of some subatomic particles. Opposite charges attract; like charges repel. | Charge |
| Negatively charged subatomic particle that occupies orbitals around the atomic nucleus. | Electron |
| A pure substance that consists only of atoms with the same number of protons. | Element |
| Forms of an element that differ in the number of neutrons their atoms carry. | Isotopes |
| Total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an element's atoms. | Mass Number |
| Uncharged subatomic particle in the atomic nucleus. | Neutron |
| Core of an atom; occupied by protons and neutrons. | Nucleus |
| Positively charged subatomic particle that occurs in the nucleus of all atoms. | Proton |
| Process by which atoms of a radioisotope spontaneously emit energy and subatomic particles when their nucleus disintegrates. | Radioactive Decay |
| Isotope with an unstable nucleus. | Radioisotope |
| Atom that carries a charge because it has an unequal number of protons and electrons. | Ion |
| Model of electron distribution in an atom. | Shell Model |
| A molecule with a dectectable label. | Tracer |
| An attractive force that arises between two atoms when their electrons interact. | Chemical Bond |
| Type of molecule that has atoms of more than one element. | Compound |
| Chemical bond in which two atoms share a pair of electrons. | Covalent Bond |
| Attraction that forms between a covalently bonding hydrogen atom and another atom taking part in a seperate covalent bond. | Hydrogen Bond |
| Type of chemical bond in which a strong mutual attraction forms between ions of opposite charge. | Ionic Bond |
| Group of two or more atoms joined chemical bonds. | Molecule |
| Having an even distribution of charge. | Nonpolar |
| Having an uneven distrubution of charge. | Polar |
| Any seperation of charge into distinct positive and negative regions. | Polarity |
| Tendency of molecules to stick together. | Cohesion |
| Transition of a liquid to a gas. | Evaporation |
| Describes a substance that dissolves easily in water. | Hydrophilic |
| Describes a substance that resists dissolving in water. | Hydrophobic |
| Measure of the number of hydrogen ions in a fluid. | pH |
| Compound that dissolves easily in water and releases ions other than H+ and OH-. | Salt |
| A dissolved substance. | Solute |
| Liquid that can dissolve other substances. | Solvent |
| Measure of molecular motion. | Temperature |
| Substance that releases hydrogen in ions in water. | Acid |
| Substance that accepts hydrogen ions in water. | Base |
| Set of chemicals that can keep the pH of a solution stable by alternately donating and accepting ions that contribute to pH. | Buffer |
| Type of molecule that consists primarily of carbon and hydrogen atoms. | Organic |
| Molecule that consists primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in 1:2:1 ratio. | Carbohydrate |
| Process by which enzymes build large molecules from smaller subunits; water also forms. | Condensation |
| Process by which an enzyme breaks a molecule into smaller subunits by attaching a hydroxyl group to one part and a hydrogen atom to the other. | Hydrolysis |
| All the enzyme-mediated chemical reactions by which cells acquire and use energy as they build and break down organic molecules. | Metabolism |
| Molecule that is a subunit of polymers. | Monomer |
| Molecule that consists of mulitiple monomers. | Polymer |
| Small organic compound with a carboxyl group, an amine group, and a characteristic side group (R). | Amino Acid |
| Lipid with one, two, or three fatty acid tails. | Fat |
| Organic compound that consists of a long chain of carbon atoms with an acidic carboxyl group at one end. | Fatty Acid |
| Fatty, oily, or waxy organic compound. | Lipid |
| A lipid with a phosphate group in its hydrophilic head, and two nonpolar fatty acid tails. | Phospholipid |
| Organic compound that consists of one or more chains of amino acids. | Protein |
| Fatty acid with no double bonds in its carbon tail. | Saturated Fat |
| A type of lipid with four carbon rings and no fatty acid tails. | Steroid |
| A lipid with three fatty acid tails attached to a glycerol backbone. | Triglyceride |
| Lipid with at least one double bond in a fatty acid tail. | Unsaturated Fat |
| Water-repellent lipid with long fatty acid tails bonded to a long-chain alcohols or carbon rings. | Wax |
| To unravel the shape of a protein or other large biological molecule. | Denature |
| A bong between the amine group of one amino acid and the carboxyl group of another. | Peptide Bond |
| Chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. | Polypeptide |
| Nucleotide that consists of an adenine base, five carbon ribose sugar, and three phosphate groups. Also functions as an energy carrier. | ATP |
| Nucleic acid that carries hereditary material; consists of two necleotide chains twisted in a double helix. | DNA |
| Chain of necleotides joined by sugar-phosphate bonds. | Nucleic Acid |
| Monomer of nucleic acids; has five-carbon sugar, nitrogen-containing base, and phosphate groups. | Nucleotide |
| Infection protein. | Prion |
| Typically single-stranded nucleic acid; roles in protein synthesis. | RNA |
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