Chemistry of Life Vocabulary

water's ability to stick to itself

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Ionic Bond

• Covalent Bond

building blocks to build polymers

• Monomer

• Biomolecules

• Nucleic Acid

• Electron

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain

• Nucleic Acid

• Protein

• Lipid

• Carbohydrate

the basic particle of the chemical elements made of subatomic particles

• Atom

• Molecule

• Compound

• Ion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

when electrons are shared unequally causing one end of the molecule to have a slightly negative charge and the other end to have a slightly positive charge

• Polar(Bond)

• Ionic Bond

• Covalent Bond

• Hydrogen Bond

a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms

• Covalent Bond

• Ionic Bond

• Hydrogen Bond

• Polar(Bond)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

a weak chemical bond formed when the slightly positive hydrogen atom in one molecule is attracted to the slightly negative atom of another molecule

• Hydrogen Bond

• Ionic Bond

• Covalent Bond

• Polar(Bond)

equivalent to the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

• Atomic Mass

• Atomic Number

• Electron Number

• Proton Number

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

complex substance that consists of amino acids in living organisms that include enzymes

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution

• pH

• Atomic Mass

• Ionic Bond

• Cohesion