1. Biology Vocabulary
Unit 1: Chemistry

2. Examples: Amylase & Lactase
Protein that speeds up a biological reaction by lowering the activation energy needed to start the reaction
Examples: Amylase & Lactase

3. Examples: Amylase & Lactase
Enzyme
Protein that speeds up a biological reaction by lowering the activation energy needed to start the reaction
Examples: Amylase & Lactase

4. Minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products in a chemical reaction

5. Activation Energy
Minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products in a chemical reaction

6. Specific place where a substrate binds on an enzyme

7. Specific place where a substrate binds on an enzyme
Active Site
Specific place where a substrate binds on an enzyme

8. Substance in which another substance is dissolved.
Example: Water

9. Substance in which another substance is dissolved.
Solvent
Substance in which another substance is dissolved.
Example: Water

10. Substance dissolved in a solvent.
Examples: Sugar & Salt

11. Substance dissolved in a solvent.
Solute
Substance dissolved in a solvent.
Examples: Sugar & Salt

12. provides organisms with most of their energy
Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen in a ratio of 1:2:1;
provides organisms with most of their energy

13. provides organisms with most of their energy
Carbohydrate
Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen in a ratio of 1:2:1;
provides organisms with most of their energy

14. Examples: fats, oils, and waxes
Hydrophobic biological molecule composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen;
Examples: fats, oils, and waxes

15. Examples: fats, oils, and waxes
Lipids
Hydrophobic biological molecule composed mostly of carbon and hydrogen;
Examples: fats, oils, and waxes

16. Organic compound made of amino acids joined by peptide bonds;
primary building block of organisms

17. Organic compound made of amino acids joined by peptide bonds;
Protein
Organic compound made of amino acids joined by peptide bonds;
primary building block of organisms

18. Complex macromolecule that stores and communicates genetic information

19. Complex macromolecule that stores and communicates genetic information
Nucleic Acid
Complex macromolecule that stores and communicates genetic information

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