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Water
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inorganic molecule, poolarity, density, and solvent properties
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Carbohydrates
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organic molecule; monosaccharides are building blocks; supplier of energy and dietary fiber; structural component of cells: cell wall celllose
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lipids
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organic moecule; component of cells: cell membranes; stored energy supply
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proteins
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organic molecule; A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds.
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nucleic acid
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nucleotides are building blocks- sugar, phosphate, & nitrogen bases; DNA is a double helix, RNA is a single strand; DnA replication
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minerals
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An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form.
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Vitamins
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C: healing wounds, K- blood clotting, D bone growth
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osmosis
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Diffusion of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration.
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temperature
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effect upon enzyme activity and metabolic rate; effect upon rate of diffusion and states of matter
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ph scale
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relative values for acids and bases; effect on living systems; cellular orgasmic
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