Chapter 2 (Chemistry of Life)
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- 4. / are the substances made by a chemical reaction.
- 6. is the substance that is present in the greater amount and that dissolves another substance.
- 7. forms through the electrical force between oppositely charged ions.
- 8. are nonpolar molecules that includes fats, oils, and cholesterol.
- 9. energy / is the amount of energy that will break a bond between two atoms.
- 10. are polymers that are made up of monomers called nucleotides.
- 13. are chains of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms.
- 15. are molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and they include sugars and starches.
- 16. each subunit in the complete molecule.
- 18. / chemical reaction absorbs more energy that it releases.
- 19. / chemical reaction releases more energy that it absorbs.
- 20. an atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons.
- 21. one particular type of atom and it cannot be broken down into simpler substance by ordinary chemical means.
- 23. / the specific reactants that an enzyme acts on.
- 24. / a substance that decreases the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction and also increases the rate of the chemical reaction.
- 26. energy / is the amount of energy that needs to be absorbed for a chemical reaction to start.
- 29. / are catalysts for chemical reactions in living things.
- 31. the measure of a solution’s acidity.
- 32. compounds that remove H+ ions from a solution.
- 33. a mixture of substances that is the same throughout.
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- 1. is an attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atoms and a slightly negative atom.
- 2. the attraction among molecules of a similar substance.
- 3. change substances into different substances by breaking and forming chemical bonds.
- 5. forms when atoms share a pair of electrons.
- 11. are molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur.
- 12. the smallest basic unit of matter.
- 14. is two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.
- 17. / are the substances changes during a chemical reaction.
- 18. / is reached when both the reactants and products are made at the same rate.
- 22. is a polymer made of monomers called amino acids.
- 25. is a compound that releases a proton when it dissolves in water.
- 27. a substance made of atoms of different elements bonded together in certain ratio.
- 28. the attraction among molecules of different substances.
- 30. is a substance that dissolves in a solvent.
- 31. is a large molecule, or macromolecule, made of many monomers bonded together.