6-Chemistry in Biology

building block of matter

• atom

• cell

• organelle

• tissue

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compound

• pure substance formed when two or more different elements combine

• electrical attraction between two oppositely charged atoms

• center of an atom; contains neutrons and protons

• particle without a charge in an atom's nucleus

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proton

• positively charged particle in an atom's nucleus

• particle without a charge in an atom's nucleus

• negatively charged particle that occupies space around an atom's nucleus

• pure substance composed of only one type of atom; cannot be broken down into another substance by physical or chemical means.

molecule

• compound whose atoms are held together by covalent bonds

• pure substance formed when two or more different elements combine

• atom that is negatively or positively charged because it has lost or gained one or more electrons

• negatively charged particle that occupies space around an atom's nucleus

attractive forces between molecules.

• van der Waals force

• molecule

• compound

• isotope

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process by which atoms in substances are reorganized into different substances.

• chemical reaction

• activation energy

• substrate

• active site

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the starting substances in a chemical reaction

• reactant

• product

• catalyst

• substrate

enzyme

• special proteins that are biological catalysts

• the minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products

• The specific location where a substrate binds on an enzyme.

• process by which atoms in substances are reorganized into different substances.

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molecules that have an uneven distribution of charge and have oppositely charged regions.

• polar molecule

• solution

• acid

• pH

a substance in which another substance is dissolved (i.e. water)

• solvent

• solute

• acid

• base