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What are elements?   Substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means  
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What are the 4 main elements responsible for 96% mass of an organism?   oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen  
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what are 2 trace elements?   Copper, iodine  
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What is the smallest portion of an element?   Atom  
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Functions of elements:oxygen   cellular respiration  
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carbon   backbone of organic molecule  
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hydrogen   energy transfers, passed around in e- transfers  
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nitrogen   component of protein & nuclei acids, exists in chlorophyll(plants)  
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calcium   bones & teeth, aids in muscle contraction, boosts immune system, conducts nerve impulses, aids in blood clotting, plant cell wall  
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sodium   fluid balance, conduction of nerve impulses, photosynthesis  
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magnesium   needed in animals blood,activates many enzymes, chlorophyll  
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chlorine   water balance (-charged), photosynthesis  
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iron   component of hemoglobin, activates few enzymes  
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atomic #   number of protons  
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atomic mass   sum of protons & neutrons  
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isotopes   same element, different neutrons  
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what is a chemical bond?   atoms of a compound held together by forces of attraction  
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what is bond energy?   energy necessary to break chemical bond  
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what is covalent bond   sharing electrons  
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covalent compound   compound of mainly covalent bonds  
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ionic bond   attraction between positive charge of cation and negative charge of anion  
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ionic compound   anions and cations bonded together by their opposite charges  
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ion   atom that has lost or gained electrons  
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cation   positive ion  
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anion   negative ion  
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polyatomic ion   group of covalently bonded atoms  
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water %   70% of humans total body weight, 85% brain cells, 20% bones  
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cohesion   water molecules stick to each other  
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adhesion   ability to stick to many kinds of substances  
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potential energy   resting energy  
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kinetic energy   energy in motion - speeding molecules up  
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heat   total kinetic energy  
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temperature   average kinetic energy  
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ionize   potential of water to dissociate into hydrogen ions(H+) and hydroxide ions(OH-)  
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acid   yields hydrogen ions(H+)& anion  
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base   yields hydroxide ions(OH-) & cation  
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pH   degree of solution's acidity (neutral 7, acid <7, base >7)  
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buffer   resists changes in pH when acid/base added  
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salt formation   a strong acid & a strong base will yield a salt in water  
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electolytes   ions that conduct electrical current  
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nonelectrolytes   sugars, alcohols, other substances that do not form electrolytes  
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carbohydrates   immediate energy source - sugars, starches, cellulose (monosaccharides, hexoses, glucose, disaccharide, polysaccharide, starch)  
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lipids   fats - long-term energy storage - soluable in nonpolar solvents, insoluble in water (triaglycerol, glycerol, fatty acid, saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid,phospholipids, carotenoids, steroid, protaglandins, van der waaals interactions)  
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Van der Waals interactions   weak attractions that occur  
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prostaglandins   promote inflammation and smooth muscle contraction  
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proteins   macromolecules(large/complex)of amino acids joined by peptide bonds (enzymes, amino acids)  
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nucleic acids   transmit heredity information and determine what protein a cell manufactures (DNA/RNA)  
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3 major pyrimidine bases   cytosine, thymine(DNA), uracil(RNA)  
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2 major purine bases   adenine, guanine  
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what are cells   the basic living unit of organization, smallest unit of life  
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prokaryote   no nucleus(bacteria)  
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eukaryote   at least 1 nucleus 1 part of life  
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3 different components of eukaryotic cell   plasma membrane, cytoplasm w/organelles, nucleus w/nucleolus  
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plasma membrane   outside layer of cell, regulates what goes in and comes out of cell, selectively permeable  
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cytoplasm   plasma membrane and cell contents outside of nucleus  
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organelles   within cytoplasm  
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Ribosomes   most numerous of organelles, site of protein synthesis  
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