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Ionic bond
Definition
Develops when a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion collide and are held together by the mutual attraction of their opposite charges?
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Covalent bonds
Definition
Is the mutual attraction between two atoms that share a pair of electrons
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Hydrogen bonds
Definition
A third type of chemical bond is the ______ ___ in which two POLAR MOLECULES are held together by their opposite charges. A polar molecule is electrically neutral as a whole, because of equal numbers of electrons and protons but is a asymmetric with regard to the way its electrons are distributed around the nuclei: the electrons end most of their time on one side of the molecule
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LEEE
Definition
Leedle leedle leedle
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Water
Definition
universal solvent
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water, oven cleaner, acid
Definition
hp scale nuetral? highest? lowest?
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buffer
Definition
A _______ is a substance that counteracts changes in pH
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Catalyst
Definition
Certain materials, called_________ latch onto reactants and hold them in positions that make it easier for the bonds to break. The ________ is not changed by the reactions and can be used again and gain. In living system the _____ are usually PROTEINS & ENZYMES
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Monomers
Definition
building blocks for polymers
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Dehydration synthesis
Definition
All polymers are built by the same chemical reactions; called ________ _________, in which monomers are joined by covalent bonds
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Cellulose
Definition
Is the main component of plant structures providing rigidity to leaves, stems, and roots
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Polysaccharide
Definition
Forms when COVALENT BONDS develop between hydroxyl groups on adjacent monosaccharides?
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R group
Definition
An _ ____ is a small organic molecule bonded to a larger one
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Steroids
Definition
A _______ is a lipid formed of four carbon rings
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protein
Definition
A _______ is formed of one or more polypeptides
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R group varies
Definition
The R group gives each amino acid its particular identity. Only the _ _____ ___
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twenty choices
Definition
Thus in a hypothetical protein made of three amino acids there are _____ _____ for the first bead, twenty choices for the second bead and twenty for the third bead
Term
Elastin
Definition
E_____ is a protein
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DNA & RNA
Definition
deoxyribonucleic acid? and ribonucleic acid?
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Deoxyribose
Definition
DNA Sugar is?
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Hydrogen bonds
Definition
The basis are held together by?
Term
ribose, thymene
Definition
RNA is a ____, the phosphate is the same and the basis are the same except
the uracil replaces _____?
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Replication
Definition
DNA making a copy of itself?
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plasmids
Definition
A bacterium may have tiny hoops of DNA, called ____, that can travel from one bacterium to another
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Nuclear envelope
Definition
The ______ _________ concsists of TWO MEMBRANES which lie next to each other and is pierced with many pores
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Endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
The _________ _______ provides surfaces for synthesizing macromolecules and canals for TRASNPORTing the newly synthesized macromolecules to other regions of the cell
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Smooth endoplasmic retiuclum
Definition
does build proteins, SYNTHESIZING lipids
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Nucleoulus
Definition
The function of a __________ is to build ribosomes
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Lysomes
Definition
commit suicide?
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rough endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
Most enzymes synthesized on the ____ ________ _______ are modified by the Golgi appartus before entry into their organelles
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Plastid
Definition
Does one of two things HOLDS biochemical pathways of photosyntehsis or STORES macromolecules
Term
Sorry guys but i need to study just look in the book for the rest
Definition
is likes 8:20 and i don't have much memorized