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3.1 Vocabulary Terms
Term | Definition |
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Element | any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
Compound | when tow or more elements combine chemically |
Carbohydrate | an energy-rich organic compound made of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen |
Lipid | energy-rich organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
Protein | large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur |
Amino Acid | molecules that make up proteins |
Enzyme | type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing |
Nucleic Acid | very long organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus |
DNA | genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parents to offspring |
RNA | plays an important role in producing proteins |