Chemistry of Life

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Across
  1. 3. Examples include monosaccharides, amino acids, and nucleotides.
  2. 4. Acid Macromolecule used to store information.
  3. 5. A reaction that would feel cold to the touch.
  4. 7. What an enzyme converts into products.
  5. 9. When water hydrogen bonds to a surface.
  6. 13. Measure of acidity; can affect enzyme activity.
  7. 14. A macromolecule with a the generic formula CH20.
  8. 15. What reactants are rearranged into during a chemical reaction.
  9. 16. A long chain of repeating subunits.
  10. 19. The amount of energy needed to start a reaction.
  11. 20. The most diverse macromolecule; includes enzymes.
Down
  1. 1. Water sticking to other water.
  2. 2. Protein catalysts that speed up reactions.
  3. 6. If this gets too high enzymes can be be denatured.
  4. 8. The process of linking monomers into polymers.
  5. 10. The special ability of water to absorb thermal energy and resist temperature changes.
  6. 11. Fats, oils, and waxes.
  7. 12. The spot on an enzyme where a substrate binds.
  8. 17. Unequal sharing of electrons.
  9. 18. Weak bond that forms as the result of a +/- attraction.