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| the property of a solution in which the concentration of hydrogen (H+) ions is greater than the concentration of hydroxide (OH-) ions |
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| the smallest component of an element that maintains the chemical properties of that element |
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| an organism that uses the energy from the sun to produce its own food |
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| the property of a solution in which the concentration hydroxide (OH-) is greater than the concentration of hydrogen (H+) ions |
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| the attepmt to clean up pollution by enhancing natural processes of biodegradation by living organisms |
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| an organic compound consisting of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
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| the most organizational unit of organisms |
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| the process by which a cell uses the chemical reactivity of oxygen to split glucose into its constituent parts, water and carbon dioxide, and thereby release chemical energy that can be used to form chemical bonds or to perform other tasks within the cell |
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| potential energy held in the bonds between atoms |
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| the process by which bacteria in hydrothermal vents use the chemical energy of hydrogen sulfide to transform inorganic carbon into organic compounds |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) |
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| nucleic acids that are usually the molecular basis of heredity, are localized especially in cell nuclei, and are constructed of a double helix held together by hydrogen bonds between purine and pyrimidine bases which project inward from two chains containing alternate links of deoxyribose and phosphate |
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| A stable subatomic particle in the lepton family having a rest mass of 9.1066 × 10-28 grams and a unit negative electric charge of approximately 1.602 × 10-19 coulombs. |
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| any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
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