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- 3. Made up of chemical building blocks called amino acids
- 4. Deoxyribose is the five-carbon sugar molecule.
- 6. A chemical that can speed up a reaction.
- 7. A nucleic acid is a chain of nucleotides which stores genetic information in biological systems.
- 9. A element that is a non-metal. It is black, brittle, a poor conductor, and dull.
- 11. A monomer is a small molecule that reacts with a similar molecule.
- 13. A class of organic compounds mainly made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms.
- 16. The amount of energy needed to convert all the molecules in one mole of a reacting substance from a ground state to the transition state intermediate.
- 17. A lipid is a fatty, oily, or wax-like compound.
- 18. The active site of an enzyme is the region that binds substrate molecules.
- 19. Proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions in our bodies.
- 20. The chemical breakdown of a compound due to a reaction with water.
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- 1. Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
- 2. End substances after a biological process has occurred.
- 5. The surface or material on or from which an organism lives grows, or obtains its nourishment.
- 8. They are the building blocks of polypeptides and proteins.
- 10. An electrically neutral molecule where a group of atoms are at a free state.
- 12. A substance that changes in a chemical reaction.
- 14. A compound made up of several repeating units.
- 15. The building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in our food.
