Chemistry of Life Vocabulary

What is the term for water being released from plant leaves?

• Solution

• Adhesion

• Transpiration

• Cohesion

What type of bond involves the transfer of electrons from one atom to another?

• Hydrogen bond

• Ionic bond

• Covalent bond

• Polar bond

What is the term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed?

• Reactant

• Product

• Catalyst

• Enzyme

What is formed when two or more elements are joined together?

• Compound

• Proton

• Electron

• Atom

What is the term for the process of turning a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid phase?

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Deposition

What is a base?

• Forms more H+ ions than water

• Forms more OH- ions than water

• Macromolecule known as sugar

• Macromolecule known as fat

What is a polymer?

• One substance dissolved in another

• Substance being dissolved

• Large molecule made of monomers

• Macromolecule known as sugar

What is a molecule with an equal distribution of charge called?

• Polar molecule

• Nonpolar molecule

• Ionic molecule

• Covalent molecule

What is a monomer?

• One substance dissolved in another

• Substance being dissolved

• small unit that makes up a polymer

• Macromolecule known as sugar

Which particle is negatively charged and found outside the nucleus?

• Neutron

• Electron

• Atom

• Proton