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UNIT 2
C level Project
Unit 2 Chemistry Vocabulary
Complete this chart using Chapter 2 in your book (http//my.hrw.com) 1biology / e2h2
key term
DUE by 10/20
Define in your OWN words:
ATOM
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“The smallest unit of an element that maintains the
properties of that element.” (p. 28)
KNOW about the PARTS of an atom (proton, neutron, electron, nucleus)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
ELEMENT
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A substance that cannot be separated or broken down
into simpler substances by chemical means: all atoms
of an element have the same atomic number.” (p. 28)
KNOW the 10 basic biology elements highlighted on your planner’s periodic table (p.134)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
COMPOUND
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A substance made up of atoms of two or more different
elements joined by chemical bonds.” (p. 29)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
ION
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“An atom, radical, or molecule that has gained or lost
one or more electrons and has a negative or positive
charge.” (p.30)
KNOW that they have a charge (+ or -), and opposites attract.
key term
Define in your OWN words:
SOLUTION
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A homogenous mixture of two or more substances
uniformly dispersed throughout a single phase.” (p.32)
KNOW parts of a solution (solute + solvent = solution)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
ENZYME
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A type of protein that speeds up metabolic reactions in
plants and animals without being permanently changed or
destroyed.” (p. 40)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
ACID
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“Any compound that increases the number of hydronium
ions when dissolved in water.” (p. 33)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
BASE
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“Any compound that increases the number of hydroxide
ions when dissolved in water.” (p.33)
Fill in this pH scale with the terms acid, base, and neutral in the right boxes:
1
7
14
key term
Define in your OWN words:
CARBOHYDRATE
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“Any organic compound that is made of carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the
cells of living things.” (p.34)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
LIPID
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water,
including fats and steroids; lipids store energy and make
up cell membranes.” (p.35)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
PROTEIN
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“An organic compound that is made of one or more
chains of amino acids and that is a principal component
of all cells.” (p. 36)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
NUCLEIC ACID
Book definition:
“An organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose
molecules are made up of one or two chains of
nucleotides and carry genetic information.” (p.37)
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
key term
Define in your OWN words:
MONOSACCHARIDE
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a
carbohydrate.” (p.34)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
POLYSACCHARIDE
Mrs. A’s definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“A complex sugar, made up of two or more
monosaccharides bonded together.”
key term
Define in your OWN words:
AMINO ACID
Book definition:
Picture, example, or memory-jogger:
“ Any one of 20 different organic molecules that contain a
carboxyl and an amino acid group and combine to form
proteins.” (p. 36)
key term
Define in your OWN words:
NUCLEOTIDE
Book definition:
“In a nucleic acid chain, a subunit that consists of
a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.” (p.37)
Picture, example, or memory-jogger: