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Chemistry of Life

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1. Atom   The basic unit of a chemical element.  
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2. Compound   A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.  
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3. covalent bond   A chemical bond formed when electrons are shared between two atoms  
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4. Electron   A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.  
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5. Element   A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.  
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6. Ion   An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.  
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7. Ionic bond   A chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges.  
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8. Isotope   Any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights  
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9. Molecule   The smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.  
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10. Neutron   An elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen.  
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11. Nucleus   A central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core:  
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12. Proton   A positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei.  
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13. Valence electron   An electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.  
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14. Van der waals forces   Weak, nonspecific forces between molecules.  
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