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- 3. resists change or lower slightly
- 6. carbohydrates building block, a single sugar that consists of carbon rings
- 10. the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA)
- 11. CHON, amino acid and carboxl group, used to form muscles
- 14. CHO, provide insulation and store energy for long term use
- 17. pH values > 7
- 18. more than two monosaccharides bonded together
- 20. CHO, ratio of 1:2:1, a quick source of energy
- 21. chemical bond that is formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another
- 22. the surface on which an organism (such as a plant, fungus, or animal) lives
- 23. pH values < 7
- 25. contains carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond. Molecules associated with living organisms
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- 1. that combine to form proteins
- 2. does not contain carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond
- 4. molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism
- 5. CHONP, 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base, and stores and transmits genetic information
- 7. the minimum amount of extra energy required by a reacting molecule to get converted into a product
- 8. end substances after a biological process has occurred
- 9. atoms or small molecules that bond together to form more complex structures such as polymers
- 12. rearrangement of the atoms or molecules of two or more substances that come into contact with each other, resulting in the formation of one or more new substances
- 13. substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, or lowers the temperature or pressure needed to start one, without itself being consumed during the reaction
- 15. joint amino acids that form a molecule
- 16. a process in which one or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, the products
- 19. biological catalyst
- 24. molecules that combine to form proteins