Judah Lemke's Ch2 crossword.
Across
- 3. An organic compound comprised of the ele ments carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; includes sugars, starch and cellulose
- 6. A substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction but is not itself used up or affected by the reaction.
- 7. The ability to do work. Especially in biology, the driver of the physical and chemical processes necessary for life
- 8. A class of simple organic compounds important in living things as a source of both energy and structure.
- 12. The building block of matter; the smallest possible particle of an element.
- 13. A change in a substance that results in one or more new substances being formed that have different physical and chemical properties than those of the original substance.
- 15. The attraction between like particles within polar substances.
- 16. A pure substance made of only one kind of atom.
- 19. The tendency of energy to disperse and become less available to do work
Down
- 1. A naturally occurring catalyst, usually a protein.
- 2. A change in a substance that does not change the identity of the substance (e.g., a change of form or state).
- 4. A substance that is present before a chemical reaction and takes part in it, usually shown on the lefthand side of a chemical equation.
- 5. A measurement of the average speed of the particles within a substance.
- 9. A class of organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins.
- 10. A pure substance made from two or more elements that are chemically combined.
- 11. A class of organic compounds that serve as the building blocks for the information storage molecules DNA and RNA.
- 12. The attraction of particles in one substance for particles in a different substance.
- 14. An attraction between two atoms as a result of sharing or transferring valence electrons.
- 17. A class of nonpolar organic compounds that are in soluble in water and are used for energy storage and cell membranes in living things.
- 18. The substances formed during a chemical reaction, usually indicated on the righthand side of a chemical equation.