chemistry of life

2. a non toxic sweet tasting and viscous fluid
5. a polysaccharide that is made up of a chain of glucose molecules joined together in covalent bonds
7. basic building blocks of nucleic acids
12. a chemical your body produces when your cells break down carbohydrates for energy
15. any external solution that has the same solute concentration and water concentration
16. the movement of molecules or ions across a cell membrane
17. the process which a phagocyte surrounds and destroys foreign substances and remove dead cells
18. the movement of water molecules from a solution with high to low concentration of water molecules
19. compound lipids consisting of phospholic acids nitrogen base alochol and fatty acids
20. chemical substances required by the body to sustain basic functions and are optimally obtained by eating

1. an oragnic compound such as sugar or starch and is used to store energy
3. an extensively branched glucose polymer that animals use as an energy reserve
4. a process by which the cell takes in the fluids along with dissolved small molecules
6. a water insoluble polysaccharide made up of thousands of glucose molecules
8. the building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in the food we eat
9. any self regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability
10. the natural movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to area of lower concentration
11. a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances
13. any external solution that has a high solute concentration and low water concentration
14. a chemical process that occurs in plants algae and some types of bacteria where exposed to sunlight