Biology 1610 - The Chemical Context of Life (Lecture 2)

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Flashcards are relevant to Biology 1610 class. Lecture 2, The Chemical Context of Life, covers chemistry words strictly important to what is learned in biology.  Some flashcards have bolded words; this indicates a vocabulary word one should know to better understand the definition.


 
  
Created Feb 2, 2010
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Atom
 
The smallest quanitity of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element (building...
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Chemical Bond
 
A force of attraction between atoms in a compound.
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Chemical Reaction
 
Making and breaking of chemical bonds.
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Compound
 
A molecule formed from chemical bonding of different elements.
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Covalent Bond
 
A chemical bond involving strictly non-metal atoms via sharing of electrons.
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Electron Shell
 
Group of orbitals of electrons with similar energies.
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Electron
 
A sub-atomic particle with one unit of negative charge and negligible mass, located outside...
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Element
 
A substance that cannot be changed to a simpler substance by a normal chemical reaction.
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Hydrogen Bond
 
A weak attractive force existing between a hydrogen atom with a partial positive charge and...
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Ion
 
An atom or group of atoms bearing one or more units of electric charge, either positive (cation)...
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Ionic Bond
 
The chemical attraction between a cation and an anion.
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Isotope
 
An alternative form of an element with a differnet number of neutrons but the same number of...
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Molecular Formula
 
The type of chemical formula that gives the actual numbers of each type of atom in a molecule.
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Molecule
 
The smallest particle of a covalently bonded element or compound; two or more atoms joined...
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Neutron
 
An electrically neutral particle with a mass of 1 atomic mass unit (amu) found in the atomic...
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Product
 
Substance formed by a chemical reaction.
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Proton
 
A particle present in the nuclei of all atoms that has 1 unit of positive charge and a mass...
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Reactant
 
Substance that participates in a chemical reaction.
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Structural Forumla
 
A type of chemical formula that shows the spatial arrangement of the atoms in a molecule.
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Valence Electron(s)
 
The electrons in the outer electron shell, known as the valence shell, of an atom; in the formation...

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