biochemistry

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Across
  1. 5. substance that, in aqueous solution, is slippery to the touch
  2. 7. the cleavage of chemical bonds by the addition of water
  3. 8. pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements
  4. 9. chemistry subdiscipline involving the scientific study of the structure
  5. 10. biologically important organic compounds made from amine and carboxylic acid functional groups
  6. 11. organic molecules that form the basic building blocks of nucleic acids
  7. 14. simplest form of sugar
  8. 15. membrane-enclosed organelle
  9. 17. organic compound comprising only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
  10. 18. class of lipids that are a major component of all cell membranes
  11. 21. fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain
  12. 28. large biological molecules consisting of one or more chains of amino acids
  13. 30. form of matter that has constant chemical composition
  14. 31. ubiquitous family of large biological molecules that perform multiple vital roles in the coding
  15. 33. an organic molecule
  16. 35. polymeric macromolecules, or large biological molecules
  17. 37. covalent chemical bond formed between two molecules
  18. 39. variants of a particular chemical element
  19. 41. surface on which a plant or animal lives
  20. 42. anything that has both mass and volume
  21. 43. basic building blocks of matter
  22. 44. atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons
  23. 46. chemical reactions
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  1. 1. electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds
  2. 2. subgroup of the steroids
  3. 3. subatomic hadron particle that has no net electric charge
  4. 4. carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction
  5. 6. chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms
  6. 12. large biological molecules
  7. 13. long carbohydrate molecules of monosaccharide units joined together by glycosidic bonds
  8. 16. molecule that encodes the genetic instructions
  9. 19. excessive loss of body water
  10. 20. a group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats
  11. 22. fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids
  12. 23. quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound
  13. 24. number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom
  14. 25. combination or composition
  15. 26. type of chemical bond formed through an electrostatic attraction between two oppositely charged ions
  16. 27. process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another
  17. 29. ot consisting of or deriving from living matter
  18. 32. simple monosaccharide found in plants
  19. 34. subatomic particle with a negative electric charge
  20. 36. material system made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined chemically
  21. 38. pure chemical substance
  22. 40. subatomic particle with a positive electric charge
  23. 41. homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase
  24. 45. number total number of protons and neutrons