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What are the three parts of an atom and how are they charged? 2.1

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Proton - positive
Neutron - neutral
Electron - negative

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Which two parts are located in the center of an atom? 2.1

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Protons and Neutrons

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What is an electrically balanced atom? 2.1

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Atoms that have an equal number of protons and electrons

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What is an element? 2.1

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A substance that is made up of only one type of atom

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How do you find the number of neutrons? 2.1

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Subtract the atomic number from the atomic weight

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What are isotopes? 2.1

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Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons

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What can isotopes be used for? 2.1

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Cancer treatment and fossil dating because of the radiation

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What is a compound? 2.1

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A substance made of the bonded atoms of two or more different elements

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What is a molecule? 2.1

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A group of atoms held together by covalent bonds

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What are covalent bonds? 2.1

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Bonds that occur when valence electrons are shared between atoms

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What is a charged atom called? 2.1

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Ion

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How many electrons can be in each level? 2.1

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1 - 2
2 - Max. 8
3 - Max. 8

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What are valence electrons? 2.1

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Electrons in the outermost shell or level

- Atoms will combine to become more stable in the valence shell

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What is a hydrogen bond? 2.2

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An attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen and a slightly negative atom, often oxygen or nitrogen

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Why does an ion have an electrical charge? 2.1

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Electrons in an atom’s outermost energy level change

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What is an ion? 2.1

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An atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons

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How does an ionic bond form? 2.1

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Through the electrical force between oppositely charged ions

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What is cohesion? 2.2

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Attraction of the particles of the same substance

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What is adhesion? 2.2

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Adhesion of the particles of different substances

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What is a solution? 2.2

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Mixture of substances that is the same throughout

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What is a solvent? 2.2

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1/2 of a solution

Substance that is present in the greater amount and dissolves another

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What is a solute? 2.2

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1/2 of a solution

Substance that dissolves in a solvent

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What are acids? 2.2

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Compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water

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What are bases? 2.2

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Compounds that reduce the concentration of hydrogen ions and increase in the concentration of hydroxide ions

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What is pH? 2.2
Measure of how acidic and basic a solution | Based on hydrogen ion concentration
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What is a buffer? 2.2
A substance that reacts to prevent pH changes in a solution
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What are 3 fundamental structures of carbon-based atoms? 2.3
Straight chain Branched chains Rings
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What are monomers? 2.3
Subunits in a complete molecule, and link together to form a polymer (macromolecule)
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What are polymers? 2.3
A macromolecule made up of many monomers
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How are monomers formed? 2.3
By the process of condensation synthesis ( H2O is released as the molecules bond together)
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How are monomers broken down? 2.3
By the process of hydrolysis ( H2O is added to the molecule to break the bond)
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How are polymers formed? 2.3
By the process of condensation ( H2O is removed as the molecules bond together )
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How are polymers broken down? 2.3
By the process of hydrolysis ( H2O is added to the molecule to break the bond )
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What do plants convert and store excess sugars as? 2.3
Starches
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What do animals convert and store excess sugars as? 2.3
Glycogen
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What are types of monosaccharides? 2.3
Glucose, Fructose, Galactose (simple sugar)
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What are disaccharides? 2.3
2 sugars bonded together | ex. sucrose, maltose, lactose
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What are polysaccharides? 2.3
Many sugars bonded together | ex. starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin
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What are carbohydrates? 2.3
- Molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and include sugars and starches - Can be broken down to provide a source of useable chemical energy for cells - A major part of cell structure
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What are the three types of carbohydrates? 2.3
Monosaccharides Disaccharides Polysaccharides
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What are lipids? 2.3
Nonpolar molecules that include fats, oils, waxes, and cholesterol
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What are fatty acids? 2.3
Chains of hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms
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What are the two different types of fatty acids? 2.3
Saturated | Unsaturated
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What is a protein? 2.3
A polymer made out of monomers called amino acids
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What are amino acids? 2.3
Molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur
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What does a triglyceride have? 2.3
- 3 fatty acids - A glycerol molecule - No phosphate group
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What are saturated fats? 2.3
- Contain fatty acids in which all carbon-carbon bonds are single - Have maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible - Animal, solid, fats
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What are unsaturated fats? 2.3
- Contain fatty acids with at least one carbon - carbon double bond - Have double bonds which make kinks - Plant, liquid, oils
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What does a phospholipid contain? 2.3
Glycerol, 2 Fatty Acids, Phosphate Group - Head | Fatty Acids - Tails
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What determines the number of covalent bonds that an atom can form? 2.1
Number of unpaired electrons in the outermost shell
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What types of substances dissolve easily in water? 2.2
Polar
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What types of substances do not dissolve easily in water? 2.2
Nonpolar
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What are 3 parts found in every amino acid? 2.3
Hydrogen Atom Amino Group Carboxyl Group
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What are nucleic acids? 2.3
Polymers that are made up of monomers called nucleotides
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What are amino acids linked by? 2.3
Covalent bonds called peptide bonds
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What do proteins do? 2.3
Provide structure | Make up enzymes (initiate chem. reactions), hemoglobin and antibodies
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What are dipeptides and polypeptides? 2.3
Two or many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds
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How many different amino acids are found in proteins? 2.3
20
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What are the importances of nucleic acids? 2.3
Contain the instructions to make proteins DNA stores information for putting amino acids together to make proteins and RNA helps to build proteins DNA is the basis of genes and heredity
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What do chemical reactions do? 2.4
Change substances into different substances by breaking and forming chemical bonds
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What are reactants? 2.4
Substances that change during the chemical reaction
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What are products? 2.4
Substances that are made by a chemical reaction
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What is bond energy? 2.4
Energy that is needed to break bonds between the reactant compounds
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What is equilibrium? 2.4
When reactants and products are made at the same rate
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What is activation energy? 2.4
Amount of energy that needs to be absorbed in order for a chemical reaction to start
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What are the two types of chemical reactions? 2.4
Endothermic | Exothermic
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What is exothermic energy? 2.4
Exothermic—more energy is released in the reaction than was absorbed Bond energy of products is lower than the bond energy of the reactants Usually released as heat or light Ex. Flashes of lights from animals, heat released from cellular respiration
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What is endothermic energy? 2.4
Endothermic—more energy is absorbed in the reaction than was release Products have higher bond energy than the reactants Ex. Photosynthesis, absorb sunlight to make simple sugars and carbs
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What is a catalyst? 2.5
A substance that decreases the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction, and as a result, also increases the rate in which a chemical reaction occurs
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What are enzymes? 2.5
Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things
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What are substrates? 2.5
Specific reactants that enzymes act on | Lock and key model
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What is an active site? 2.5
Places where substrates and enzymes combine
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More about enzymes | 2.5
- Proteins - Recycle-able - Involved in almost every process - Must have a certain pH and temperature to function - Usually end in "ase" such as lactase, maltase, sucrase
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What's the difference between DNA and RNA? 2.5
DNA stores genetic information in cells, and RNA helps to build the proteins for which DNA codes.

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