The breakdown of carbohydrates without O2 to make CO2, H2O, and ATP (energy) / The subunit of a protein
Tendency of water to rise in a thin tube, property of water that allows nutrients to travel from roots to the leaves of plants through the vascular tissue / pH above 7, creates OH- ions
The process by which carbohydrate molecules are broken down to release ATP (energy)
C6H12O6 + O2 CO2 + H20 + ATP (Energy) / Monosaccharides are the building blocks; sugar: major source of energy for the body
A substance composed of atoms of two or more elements linked by chemical bonds / Attraction between molecules of the same type;
Ex. surface tension, which causes liquids to form spherical droplets, is caused by cohesion.
Subunit of a lipid / A protein that acts as a catalyst and speeds up biochemical reactions
Inorganic compound that the body needs in small amounts, one not made from living things and does not contain carbon / Stores energy; includes fats, oils, waxes; nonpolar - not soluble in water
Subunit of a carbohydrate, ex=glucose / Group of atoms that form the smallest unit of a substance that can retain its chemical properties
A subunit of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA); consists of a sugar, phosphate and N base; in DNA they form a series of units called genes / Stores genetic information; composed of nucleotides; ex= DNA and RNA
Term used to describe the acidity of a solution / Chemical substance that organisms require to live
A molecule that has a partial negative charge on one side and a partial positive charge on the other; hydrophilic / Process by which autotrophs take in sunlight, H2O, and CO2 to make glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen
Mixture composed of solute and solvent / Polypeptide; needed for growth, structure, and enzymes; composed of amino acids
Organic molecule that the body needs to regulate body processes / The substance in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution; water is the universal solvent
Energy storage molecule; created during cellular respiration / H2O; polar molecule that expands upon freezing making it less dense as a solid than as a liquid (so ice floats)
A molecule that contains chains of carbon; examples:
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins / A molecule that does not contain chains of carbon; ex=water and minerals
Occurs in the absence of light; organisms produce their own food using inorganic substances / Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction
Process by which organisms maintain relatively stable internal conditions / Transmission of genetic material from parent to offspring
The sum of building and breaking reactions happening in living things / A bond between polar molecules, especially water
The substance dissolved into the solvent to make a solution / The creation of new cells/organisms from existing ones (sexual or asexual)
Vitamin that assists with wound healing / Reactant of an enzyme catalyzed reaction; the molecule that gets broken down or built
Vitamin that assists with blood clotting / Vitamin that assists with bone growth
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