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Chapters 2,3,4,5,6

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What property of water is responsible for surface tension?   show
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show High heat of vaporization allows the cooler molecules to stay on the skin and the hotter ones leave  
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show As temperature decreases, water expands due to the length of the h-bonds increasing, creating a lattice-like structure  
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What are buffers?   show
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When an electron moves to a shell farther from the nucleus, it must...   show
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show the amount of protons  
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show protons plus neutrons  
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show electronegativity  
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Interactions that occur between molecules that are short distances from each other creating TEMPORARY positive or negative charges   show
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What allows carbon to be so versatile?   show
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Same molecular formula but different 3D structure and different chemical or physical properties   show
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show Same molecule but different placement of the elements (physical change)  
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show geometric isomer  
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Define enantiomers.   show
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show Sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen. The elements that make up 99% of all living matter.  
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All atoms of a given element have the same number of protons, but some atoms have more neutrons which causes them to weigh more. What are these different atomic forms called?   show
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What is a radioactive isotope?   show
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Electrons in the outermost shell are...   show
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show Reactants change into products while conserving energy  
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show When the forward and reverse reaction rates are equal  
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show Polar because the opposite ends of the water molecule contain opposite charges  
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How does water move against gravity? (like up a tree to the branches from the roots)   show
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show specific heat of a substance  
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The dissolving agent of a solution is...   show
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What is the solute?   show
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show the number of moles of solute per liter of solution  
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show a hydrogen ion, a single proton, and a hydroxide ion, a negative charge  
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show The solution becomes more acidic.  
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A higher concentration of OH- indicates the solution is...   show
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show Presence of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere, caused by burning fossil fuels  
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show carbon compounds  
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Who was responsible for disproving the theory of vitalism?   show
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show the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions  
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What are the six functional groups important to the chemistry of life?   show
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A hydrogen atom is bonded to an oxygen atom, which in turn is bonded to the carbon skeleton of the organic molecule. What functional group?   show
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show alcohols  
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The carbonyl group consists of...   show
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show If the carbonyl group is on the end of a carbon skeleton, otherwise it is called a ketone  
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When an oxygen atom is dbl-bonded to a carbon atom that is also bonded to a hydroxyl group, the entire assembly is called a...   show
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show carboxylic acids or organic acids  
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show amino group  
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show base, ammonia can pick up a proton from the surrounding solution  
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show a sulfur atom bonded to an atom of hydrogen  
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What are compounds called that contain the sulfhydryl group?   show
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Phosphate ion covalently attached by one of its oxygen atoms to the carbon skeleton.   show
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show by dehydration reactions or condensation reactions, the removal of a water molecule.  
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Hydrolysis reactions...   show
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Monosaccharides are made up of...   show
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show fuel and carbon sources  
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What type of carbohydrate is joined together by a glycosidic linkage?   show
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show polysaccharides  
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show Storage molecule, plants and animals can stockpile it then use the glucose as they need it, Starch- made up of glucose  
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What is the difference between starch and cellulose?   show
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Where is glycogen found?   show
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show insects use it for their exoskeleton and fungi use it in their cell walls  
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show lipids  
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What are lipids composed of?   show
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show triglycerides, phospholipids, glycolipids, steroids, and waxes  
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show Fat- solid at RT Oil- liquid at RT  
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show triglycerides  
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What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?   show
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Phospholipids are composed of...   show
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show Steroids  
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Why are plant leaves coated with wax?   show
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What are the largest organic molecules made by organisms?   show
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DNA's function is...   show
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This type of nucleic acid carries encoded information to the ribosomes.   show
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What are the three parts of a nucleotide?   show
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show Pyrimidines- C,T,and U nitrogenous bases Purines- A and G nitrogenous bases  
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What are proteins composed of?   show
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What are the four groups that attach to the one carbon in each amino acid?   show
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Molecules formed by adding many amino acids together are called   show
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What are peptide bonds?   show
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How many levels of structure do proteins have?   show
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show a linear sequence of amino acids  
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show Secondary structure  
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show Tertiary structure  
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show a protein consisting of 2 or more polypeptide chains  
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Denaturation of proteins is caused by...   show
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show Proteins that have the unique ability to take specific shapes which enable them to bond to other substances.  
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show Structural proteins- collagen, elastin, keratin  
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show metabolism  
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show Catabolic- break down complex molecules Anabolic- build complex molecules  
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show how organisms manage their energy resources  
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The study of the energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter is called...   show
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Which law is also known as the principle of conservation of energy?   show
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What is the second law of thermodynamics?   show
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Does a system move toward greater stability?   show
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What type of energy is available for a system to perform work?   show
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Unstable systems are rich in free energy and have a tendency to...   show
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What is the equation for free energy?   show
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show release energy and are spontaneous  
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show Endergonic  
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show Mechanical, Transport, and Chemical  
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What is the use of an exergonic process to drive an endergonic one?   show
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show an enzyme  
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show where the substrate binds to start the activity  
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Enzymes can be denatured because they are proteins. What factors can limit enzyme reactions?   show
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show competitive and noncompetitive  
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show a specific receptor site on the enzyme that is away from the active site, can encourage or inhibit enzyme activity  
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What are the nonprotein helpers required by enzymes?   show
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