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Organic chemistry and living things

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Carbohydrates
Sugar and starches
Carbohydrates sub-unit
Simple sugars
Carbohydrates
Provides living things with energy
Lipids
Fats, oils, and waxes
Lipids
Make up structures
Lipids sub-unit
Fatty acids and glycerol
Proteins
Used for growth, repair, maintenance
Protein sub- unit
Amino acids
Enzymes, hormones, structural, and pigments
Protein
Nucleic acid sub-unit
Nucleoacids
DNA or RNA
Nucleic acids
BTB
Turns blue to yellow in presence of Co2
KI
Turns orange/brown to purple/black in the presence of starch
Biuret Reagent
Turns blue to purple in the presence of protein
Matter
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Atoms
Basic building block of matter
Element
A substance that can't be broken down to a simpler substance
Chemical symbol
Shorter way of writing elements name
Bond
Force that keeps 2 or more atoms together
Compound
Two or more elements combined
Molecule
Smallest unit having all the characteristics of a compound
Subscript
Shows how many of that element
Coefficient
Shows the number of molecules
Organism
Living thing
Composed cells
One characteristic
Similar chemical composition
One characteristic
Energy use
One characteristic
Response to surrounding
One characteristic
Reproduction
One characteristic
Growth and development
One characteristic
Cells
Basic unit of structure and function in a organism
Unicellular
Single cell organism
Multicellular
Organisms with many cells
Stimulus
A change in organisms surroundings that causes it to react
Asexual
One parent reproduction
Sexual
Two parent reproduction
Autotroph
Organism that can make their own food
Heterotrophs
Organisms that cannot make their own food.
Obtain chemicals from environment
Water use
Break down food
Water use
Grow
Water use
Move substances in body
Water use
Reproduce
Water use
Living space
Place with food, water and shelter(some)
Homeostatis
Ability to maintain stable internal environment despite changing external conditions
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