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What is an ionic bond
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Ionic bonds are bonds formed by the attraction of oppositely charged ions
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What is an ionic bond
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Ionic bonds are bonds formed by the attraction of oppositely charged ions
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What is a metallic bond?
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A metallic bond is formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them.
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What is a covalent bond?
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A covalent bond is a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons.
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What is a polyatomic ion?
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A polyatomic ion is an ion made of two or more atoms that are covalently bonded and that act like a single ion.
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Molecular formula
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A chemical formula that reports the actual numbers of atoms in one molecule of a compound
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organic compound
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any covantly bonded compound that contains carbon.
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polymer
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a large organic molecule made of many smaller bonded units.
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biochemical compound
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any organic compound that has an important role in living things.
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carbohydrate
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any organic compound that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the cells of living things
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protein
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a biological polymer made of bonded amino acids
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amino acid
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any one of 20 different naturally occuring organic molecules that combine to form proteins
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reactant
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a substance that undergoes a chemical change
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product
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a substance that is the result of a chemical change
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chemical energy
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the energy stored wiithin atoms and molecules that can be released when a substance reacts
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exothermic reaction
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a reaction that transfers energy from the reactants to the surroundings as heat
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endothermic reaction
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a reaction in which energy is transferred to the reactants as heat from the surroundings
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synthesis reaction
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a reaction of at least two substances that forms a new, more complex compound
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decomposition reaction
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a reaction in which one compound breaks into at least two products
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electrolysis
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the decomposition of a compound by an electric current
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decomposition reaction
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a reaction in which one compound breaks into at least two products
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combustion reaction
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a reaction in which a compound and oxygen burn
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single-displacement reaction
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a reaction in which atoms of one element take the place of atoms of another element in a compound
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double-displacement reaction
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a reaction in which a gas, a solid precipate or a molecular compound is formed from the apparent exchange of ions between two compounds
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reduction/oxidation (redox) reaction
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a reaction that occurs when electrons are transferred from one reactant to another
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radicals
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the fragments of molecules that have at least one electron available for bonding
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acid
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a substance that donates hydrogen ions, H+ to form hydronium ions, H3O+ when dissolved in water
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