Questions From Last Year's Quiz 1 Flashcards
Refers to an energy storing process
polymerization
The molecule that receives the protons (electrons) in re-dox reaction becomes…
a high energy state (reduced)
If you change the number of electrons in an atom, what do you make?
ion
Normal body processes can release these extremely active, dangerous ions called…
free radicals
The lipid from which all other steroids are made and also functions to stabilize the cell membrane
cholesterol
A cloudy mixture of 1-100 nm particles that do not dissolve but also don’t precipitate out of the mixture when standing are called
colloids
Elements joined together in a fixed ratio would be most correctly called…
compounds
If this part of a chemical reaction is lowered (decreased), it will increase the rate of the reaction.
activation energy
Water ionizes salts by forming hydration spheres around the salts atoms called…
electrolytes
The globular structure making up a functional protein is called the ________ structure.
tertiary
Solutions that take up free H+ in solution are called….
bases
Monomers of DNA are called…
nucleotides
The bonds that join two carbohydrate monomers together are called….
glycosidic bonds
What is the most important part in determining an element’s chemical properties and reactivity?
Valence electrons
