Across
- 1. class of nonpolar organic compounds built from hydrocarbons and distinguished by the fact that they are not soluble in water
- 5. one of the variations of an element in which the number of neutrons differ from each other
- 6. monomer of carbohydrate; also known as a simple sugar
- 9. atom with a positive charge
- 10. number of particles within a given space
- 11. pair of carbohydrate monomers bonded by dehydration synthesis via a glycosidic bond
- 12. compound that accepts hydrogen ions (H+) in solution
- 13. atom with an overall positive or negative charge
- 15. substance composed of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
- 17. compound that releases hydrogen ions (H+) in solution
- 20. solution containing a weak acid or a weak base that opposes wide fluctuations in the pH of body fluids
- 21. substance that contains both carbon and hydrogen
- 25. compound consisting of more than two carbohydrate monomers bonded by dehydration synthesis via glycosidic bonds
- 26. lipid compound composed of a glycerol molecule bonded with three fatty acid chains
- 27. heavy subatomic particle having no electrical charge and found in the atom’s nucleus
- 28. atom with a negative charge
- 32. smallest unit of an element that retains the unique properties of that element
- 33. substance that does not contain both carbon and hydrogen
- 34. class of organic compounds that are composed of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds
- 35. acid deoxyribose-containing nucleotide that stores genetic information(DNA)
- 36. liquid mixture in which the solute particles consist of clumps of molecules large enough to scatter light
- 37. substance that cannot be created or broken down by ordinary chemical means
- 38. subatomic particle having a negative charge and nearly no mass; found orbiting the atom’s nucleus
Down
- 2. lipid compound derived from fatty acid chains and important in regulating several body processes
- 3. a lipid compound in which a phosphate group is combined with a diglyceride
- 4. arrangement of the elements in a table according to their atomic number; elements having similar properties because of their electron arrangements compose columns in the table, while elements having the same number of valence shells compose rows in the table
- 7. chemical bond in which two atoms share electrons, thereby completing their valence shells
- 8. protein or RNA that catalyzes chemical reactions
- 14. attraction between an anion and a cation
- 16. two or more atoms covalently bonded together
- 18. dipole-dipole bond in which a hydrogen atom covalently bonded to an electronegative atom is weakly attracted to a second electronegative atom
- 19. electrical force linking atoms
- 22. heavy subatomic particle having a positive charge and found in the atom’s nucleus
- 23. (also, sterol) lipid compound composed of four hydrocarbon rings bonded to a variety of other atoms and molecules
- 24. ribose-containing nucleotide that helps manifest the genetic code as protein (RNA)
- 29. class of organic compounds built from sugars, molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1-2-1 ratio
- 30. building block of proteins; characterized by an amino and carboxyl functional groups and a variable side-chain
- 31. physical substance; that which occupies space and has mass
- 32. number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 34. negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion (H+) concentration of a solution