Science Vocabulary

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  1. 1. water
  2. 6. compounds that are made up of two or more elements other than carbon,
  3. 9. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component
  4. 10. converts the foods we eat into their simplest forms
  5. 11. is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
  6. 12. sugar molecules.
  7. 14. any of a large class of chemical compounds in which one or more atoms of carbon are covalently linked to atoms of other elements, most commonly hydrogen, oxygen, or nitrogen
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  1. 2. a process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
  2. 3. acids a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain
  3. 4. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
  4. 5. fatty compounds that perform a variety of functions in your body.
  5. 7. the chemical element of atomic number 6, a nonmetal which has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal
  6. 8. any very large molecule, usually with a diameter ranging from about 100 to 10,000 angstroms
  7. 13. large, complex molecules that play many important roles in the body.
  8. 15. the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level