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| The capacity to do work, or to put matter into motion. |
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| Stored Energy, or inactive energy that has the potential to do work. |
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| The form stored in the bonds of chemical substances. |
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| Energy directly involved in moving matter. |
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| Unique substances that cannot be broken down into simpler subtances by orindary chemical methods. |
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| Center of cell. Contains protons and neutrons tightly bound together. |
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| Positive electrical charges. |
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| Equal to the number of protons in its nucleus. |
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| The sum of the masses of its protons and neutrons. |
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| Elements that have structural variations. They have the same number of protons and electrons as the element, but they differ in the number neutrons they contain. |
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| When two or more different kinds of atoms bind. |
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| Homogeneous mixture of components that may be gases, liquids, or solids. |
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| The substance present in the greatest amount. |
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| Substance present in smaller amounts. |
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| A chemical Bond between atoms formed by the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to the other. |
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| The atom that gains one or more electrons and aquires a negative charge. |
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| The atom that loses electrons and aquires a positive charge. |
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| Molecule in which shared electrons occupy a single orbital common to both atoms. |
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| Form when a hydrogen atom is attracted by another electron-hungry atom, and a bridge forms. |
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| Substances taking part in a chemical reaction. |
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| The results of a chemical equation. |
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| Reactions that release energy. |
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| Reactions that absorb energy. |
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| Substances that increase the rate of chemical reactions without themselves becoming chemically changed or part of the product. |
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| Contain carbon. Covalently bonded. |
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| Has a sour taste, can react with many metals. Releases hydrogen ions in detectable amounts. |
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| Has a bitter taste, feels slippery, and is a proton acceptor. Takes up hydrogen ions. |
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| Resist abrupt and large swings in the pH of body fluids by releasing hydrogen ions when the pH begins to rise and by binding hydrogen ions when the pH drops. |
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| When hydrogen bonds begin to break because the pH drops or the temperature rises above normal levels, causing proteins to unfold and lose their specific shape. |
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| Globular proteins that act as biological catalysts. |
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| Anything that occupies space and has mass. |
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