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| substance that liberates hydrogen ions when in an aqueous solution |
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| compound that is the important intracellular energy source; cellular energy |
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| substance that accepts hydrogen ions; proton acceptor |
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| organic compound compsed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; includes starches, sugars, and cellulars |
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| substance composed of two or more different elements, atoms of which are chemically united |
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| bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms, nonmetal and nonmetal |
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| destructive chemical raction in which complex substances are broken down into simpler ones |
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| substance that breaks down into ions when in solution and is capable of conducting an electrical current |
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| any of the building blocks of matter: oxygen, hydrogen, carbon |
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| substance formed by living cells that acts as a catalyst in bodily chemical reactions |
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| chemical reaction in which bonds are both made and broken, atoms become combined w/ different atoms |
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| weak bond in which a hydrogen atom forms a bridge between two electron-hungry atoms; importn intramolecular bond |
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| compound that lacks carbon; water for example |
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| bond formed by complete trnsfer at electron(s) from one atom to another (or others). Resulting in charged atoms or ionos, oppostely charged and attract each other (metal and nonmetal) |
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