| A | B |
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| Adenosine Tri-phosphate (ATP) | Glucose and other fuels are broken down to create this energy molecule. |
| Amino acid | Monomer which serves as a building block of proteins. |
| Calorie | The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1C |
| Carbohydrate | A sugar in the form of a monosaccharide, disaccharide or polysaccharide |
| Chemical bond | An attractive force that holds together the atoms, ions, or groups of atoms in a molecule or compound |
| Chemical indicator | Substance used to show the presence of some substance |
| Chemical Reaction | Chemical transformation or change; interaction of chemical entities |
| Compound | Substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio |
| Covalent bond | Type of strong chemical bond in which two atoms share one or more pairs of valence electrons |
| Dehydration synthesis | Chemical reaction in which two molecules are bonded together with the removal of a water molecule. |
| Disaccharide | Double sugar molecule made of two monosaccharides bonded together through dehydration synthesis |
| Element | Smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of a the substance and is composed of one or more atoms |
| Glucose | Monomer of carbohydrate, simple sugar |
| Hydrolysis | Chemical process that splits a molecule by adding water |
| Ionic bond | Chemical bond resulting from the attraction between oppositely charged ions |
| Lipid | One of a family of compounds including fats, phospholipids, and steroids that is insoluble in water. |
| Macromolecule | Type of giant molecule formed by joining smaller molecules which includes proteins, carbohydrates (polysaccharides), lipids, and nucleic acids |
| Molecule | Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds |
| Monomer | Subunit that serves as a building block of a polymer |
| Monosaccharide | A single sugar molecule such as glucose or fructose, the simplest type of sugar |
| Nutrient | Substance that is needed by the body to maintain life and health |
| Polymer | Large molecule consisting of many repeating chemical units or molecules linked together |
| Polysaccharide | Polymer of thousands of simple sugars formed by dehydration synthesis |
| Proein | Three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids |
