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homeostasis
balance
metabolize
take in energy, excrete waste
abiotic
non living thing in an environment
biotic
living things and products of them
Isotope
atom with different amount of neutrons
ion
charged atom because it lost or gained electrons
van der waals forces
weak molecular attraction, geckos
hydrogen bonding
attractions between partial charges
cohesion
sticks to itself, hydrogen
adhesion
sticks to other
neutral pH
7
acidic pH
7>
basic pH
>14
buffer
weak acid or base that react with strong acid/base, maintains homeostasis
macromolecules
monomers
carb monomer
glucose, monosaccharides
carb polymer
starch, polysaccharides
lipid monomer
glycerol, fatty acid
lipid polymer
diglyceride, triglycerides
nucleic acid polymer
nucleic acid
nucleic acid monomer
nucleotide
protein polymer
polypeptide
protein monomer
amino acid
protein eq
CHON, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
carb eq
CHO
lipid eq
CHO
nucleic acid eq
CHONP
enzyme
bio catalyst, speeds up rate of chem reaction, lowers activation energy
enzyme effected by…
temperature and pH
reactants
start element
products
produced by reactants
Note
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