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14 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic |
Non living; example water, gases, minerals. |
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Buffer |
Substance that resists pH changes of a solution, therfore stabilizing its relative acidity and basicity. |
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Organic molecules |
Molecules that always contain carbon and hydrogen often oxygen as well. - living things are associated with these |
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Isomers |
Are molecules with the same molecular formula, but a different structure -therefore making it a different shape. |
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Functional Group |
Specific cluster of atoms attached to the carbon skeleton of an organic molecules that enters into reactions and behaves in a predictable way. |
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Polymers |
Macromolecule consisting of covalently bonded monomers called amino acids. |
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Monomers |
Small molecule that is a subunit of a polymer- eg. Glucose is a monomers of starch. |
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Hydrolosis |
Splitting of chemical bonds by the addition of water. With the H+ going to one molecule and the OH- going to the other. |
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Dehydration |
Chemical reaction in which a water molecule is released during the formation of a covalent bond. |
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Carbohydrates |
CLASS of organic compounds that typically contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio. Includes all monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. |
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Glucose |
A six carbon monosaccharide;used as an energy source during cellular respiration and as a monomer of the structural polysaccharides. |
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Endocytosis |
Process in which substances are moved into the cell from the environment; includes phagocytosis, pinocytosis, and receptor-mediated endocytosis. |
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Exocytosis |
Process in which an intracellular vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane so that vesicle contents are released outside the cell. |
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Apoptosis |
Is programmed cell death. |
