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The Chemistry of Life

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Matter   Anything that occupies space and has mass  
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Mass   The quantity of matter an object has  
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Element   A substance that cannot be broken down chemically into simpler kinds of matter  
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Atom   Simplest particle of an element that retains all of the properties of that element  
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Nucleus   Central region of an atom that makes up the bulk of the mass of the atom  
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Proton   Positively charged particle found in the nucleus of an atom  
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Neutron   Particle with no charge found in the nucleus of an atom  
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Atomic number   Number of protons in an element  
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Mass number   Equal to the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom  
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Electron   Small, negatively charged particle that orbits around the nucleus of an atom  
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Orbital   Region around a nucelus that indicates the probably location of an electron  
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Isotope   Atoms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons  
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Compound   Made up of atoms of two or more elements in fixed proportions  
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Chemical Bond   Attractive force that holds atoms together  
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Covalent Bond   Forms when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons  
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Molecule   Simplest part of a substance that retains all of the properties of that substance  
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Ion   An atom or molecule with an electrical charge  
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Ionic Bond   Bond formed when electrons are transferred from one atom to another  
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Energy   The ability to do work  
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Chemical reaction   One or more substances change to produce one or more different substances  
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Reactant   Substances that participate in a chemical reaction  
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Product   Substances produced in a chemical reaction  
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Metabolism   The sum of all the chemical reactions that occur in an organism  
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Activation energy   The amount of energy needed to start a chemical reaction  
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Catalyst   Substances that reduce the amount of activation energy needed for a reaction to take place  
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Enzyme   Biological catalyst  
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Polar   Compound with an uneven distribution of electrical charge  
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Hydrogen bond   The force of attraction between a hydrogen molecule with a partical positive charge and another atom or molecule with a partial or full negative charge  
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Cohesion   Attractive force that holds molecules of a single substance together  
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Adhesion   Attractive force between two particles of different substances  
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Capillary action   Attraction between molecules that results in the rise of the surface of a liquid when in contact with a solid  
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Solution   Mixture in which one or more substances are uniformly distributed in another substance  
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Solute   Substance dissolved in the solvent  
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Solvent   Substance in which the solute is dissolved  
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Concentration   Amount of solute dissolved in a fixed amount of the solution  
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Saturated solution   Solution in which no more solute can dissolve  
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Aqueous solution   Solutions in which water is the solvent  
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Hydroxide ion   OH-  
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Hydronium ion   H3O+  
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Acid   Number of hydronium ions is greater than the number of hydroxide ions in solution (pH less than 7)  
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Base   Solution that contains more hydroxide than hydronium ions (pH greater than 7)  
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pH Scale   Scale to compare the relative concentrations of hydronium ions and hydroxide ions in a solution  
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Buffer   Chemical substances that neutralize small amounts of either an acid or a base added to a solution  
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