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a highly tested, generally accepted principle |
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not necessarily a complexity of living things |
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maintaining a balance within their cells and the enviorment |
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testable, possible explanation of an observation |
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Steps of the scietnific method |
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observations, hypothesis, theory, controlled testing, verification |
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A unifying explanation for a broad range of explanations |
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CH2 chains are closely related to |
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carbon atoms are bonded together with a double bond in the molecule that has the chemical formula... |
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Saturated Fatty acids contain |
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carbon atoms that are each bonded to four other atoms |
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the formation of polymers to monomers; the breakdown of polymesinto monomers |
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the direction of qualities in the phosphate-sugar backbones of DNA |
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Nonpolar is a characteristic of... |
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un-saturated fatty acid chains |
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in lipid synthesis, the condensation reaction forms that forms the link between a glycerol molecule and a fatty acid |
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long chains of nucleotides |
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DNA double helix two strands are held together at the nitrogen bases by |
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phospholipid molecule dosn't contain |
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nucleotides are related to |
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condensation or dehydration synthesis |
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the reaction that links amino acids to form polypeptides , links simple sugars to form polysaccharides and that is involved in the formation of triglycerides produces water as a by-product |
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true globular proteins, but not fibrous are |
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usually soluble in the cytoplasm of cells and the plasma of blood |
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amino acids are monomers of |
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orbit the nucleus in various ebergy levels |
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difference of an ionic and covalent bond |
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Electrons are exchanged between atoms held together by an ionic bond, but they are shared between atoms with a covalent bond |
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Acidic solutions have a pH that is |
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tend to prevent sudden or large flucuations in pH |
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atoms become more stable when they form compounds because |
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their outer orbitals become filled when they form compounds |
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it has 4 electrons in its outer most energy level, readily bonds with other carbon atoms, always gain electrons when they form compounds |
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a substance that is composed of only one type of atom |
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the bond formed when two atoms share a pair of electrons unequally |
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characteristics of water that are not a result of hydrogen bonding |
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adhesive strength, high specific heat, and cohesive strength |
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a molecule that has a partial positive charge on one side and a partial negative charge on the other side |
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protons with a positive charge, neutrons with no charge, and a electrons with a negative charge |
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all the matter in the universe |
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All organic compound contain the element |
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functional group found in fatty acids |
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water molecules break up other polar substances |
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such as salts,because of the uneven charge distribution that exists in water molecules, thus freeing ions in these substances for use in the body |
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smallest particle of carbon that can retain the chemical properties of carbon |
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Long chains of amino acids are found in |
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one kind of functional group in organic molecules that contains oxygen |
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amino acids functional groups |
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an amino group and a carboxylic group |
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water molecule is polar because |
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do not share the electrons equally |
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carbon atoms that are each bonded to four other atoms |
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Animals store glucose in the form of |
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an atom that has lost or gained electrons |
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