Chemistry of Life
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Chemistry of Life
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The Basics
The Extras
Mixing It Up
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$100 Question from
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The positively charged
particle of an atom,
located in the nucleus
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What is a proton?
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the negatively charged particle
that orbits the nucleus of an
atom
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What is an electron?
$300 Question from
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the neutral particle of an atom
that is located in the nucleus.
Has a mass equal to a proton
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What is a neutron?
$400 Question from
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the number of protons in the
nucleus of an atom of an
element and its isotopes
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What is the atomic number/mass?
$500 Question from
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each of two or more forms of a
chemical element with the
same atomic number but
different numbers of neutrons
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What is an isotope?
$100 Question from
Mixing It Up
any substance that cannot be
broken down into a simpler
one by a chemical reaction.
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What is an element?
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a substance formed by the
chemical combination of
elements in fixed
proportions
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What is a compound?
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a substance consisting of two or
more substances mixed
together and uniformly
dispersed, most commonly the
result of dissolving a solid,
fluid, or gas in a liquid
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What is a solution?
$400 Question from
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a substance that dissolves
another to form a solution
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What is a solvent?
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the substance dissolved
in a given solution
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What is a solute?
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Bonds
A chemical bond in which a hydrogen
atom of one molecule is attracted to an
electronegative atom, especially a
nitrogen, oxygen, or flourine atom,
usually of another molecule
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What is a hydrogen bond?
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A chemical bond formed by the
sharing of one or more electrons,
especially pairs of electrons,
between atoms
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What is a covalent bond?
$300 Question from
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A chemical bond between
two ions with opposite
charges
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What is an ionic bond?
$400 Question from
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the molecular force between
particles within a body or
substance that acts to unite
them
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What is cohesion?
$500 Question from
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the molecular force of attraction in
the area of contact between
unlike bodies that acts to hold
them together
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Bonds
What are is adhesion?
$100 Question from
the Basics
a substance produced in
a chemical reaction
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the Basics
What are products?
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the Basics
a substance that reacts with
another in a chemical reaction
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the Basics
What are reactants?
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the Basics
a measure of acidity or alkalinity in
which the pH of pure water is 7,
with lower numbers indicating acidity
and higher numbers indicating alkalinity.
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the Basics
What is pH?
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the Basics
the smallest physical unit of a
substance that can exist independently,
consisting of one or more atoms
held together by chemical forces
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the Basics
What is a molecule?
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the Basics
the smallest portion into which an
element can be divided
and still retain its properties
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the Basics
What is an atom?
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the Extras
a biological compound that is
not soluble in water, e.g. a fat
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the Extras
What is a lipid?
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the Extras
an organic compound, either
RNA or DNA, whose
molecules are made up of one
or two chains of nucleotides
and carry genetic information
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the Extras
What is a nucleic acid?
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the Extras
the state in which the particles
of a substance are mixed with
a fluid but are undissolved
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the Extras
What is suspension?
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the Extras
a biological compound
containing carbon, hydrogen,
and oxygen that is an important
source of food and energy
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the Extras
What is a carbohydrate?
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the Extras
a group of atoms that reacts as a
single unit and determines the
properties and structure of a class of
compounds
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the Extras
What is a functional group?
Final Jeopardy
What are the six main elements in
living things?
Final Jeopardy Answer
What are carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus, and sulfur?