Openstax Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 2 The Chemical Level Of Organisation
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Anatomy and physiology
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Anatomy And Physiology
Openstax Anatomy and Physiology Chapter
2 The Chemical Level Of Organisation
ACID - answercompound that releases hydrogen ions (H+) in solution
ACTIVATION ENERGY - answeramount of energy greater than the energy contained in the
reactants, which must be overcome before a reaction to proceede.
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BUFFER - answer✔solution containing a weak acid or weak base that opposes wide fluctuation
in the pH of body fluids
CARBOHYDRATE - answer✔class of organic compunds built from sugars, molecules
containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in a 1-2-1 ratio
CATALYST - answer✔substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself
being changed in the process
CATION - answer✔atom with a positive charge
CHEMICAL ENERGY - answer✔form of energy that is absorbed as chemical bonds form,
stored as they are maintained, and released as they are broken
COLLOID - answer✔liquid mixture in which contains the solute particles of clumps of
molecules large enough to scatter light
COMPOUND - answer✔substance composed of two or more different elements joined by
chemical bonds
CONCENTRATION - answer✔number of particles within a given space
COVALENT BOND - answer✔chemical bond in which two elements share electrons, thereby
combining their valence shells
DECOMPOSITION REACTION - answer✔type of catabolic reaction in which one or more
bonds within a larger molecule are resulting in the release of smaller molecules or atoms.
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