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AP Biology

CHAPTER 1 TEN THEMES IN THE STUDY OF LIFE



Chapter 2 -THE CHEMICAL CONTEXT OF LIFE


Matter

Element

Compound

Trace Element

Atom

Neutron

Proton

Electron

Atomic Nucleus

dalton

atomic number

Mass number

atomic weight

isotopes

radioactive isotopes

Energy

Potential Energy

Energy levels

Electron Shells

Valence Electrons

Valence shells

Orbitals

Covalent bonds

Molecule

structural formula

molecular formula


double covalent bond

valence

electronegativity

polar covalent bonds

ions

cation

anion

ionic compounds

salts


Hydrogen bonds

van der Waals interactions

Chemical reactions


reactamts

products

chemical equilibrium

polar molecule


Chapter 3  Water and the fitness of the environment

polar molecule

cohesion

adhesion

surface tension

kinetic energy

Heat

Temperature
calorie

kilocalorie

specific heat

Heat of vaporization

evaporative cooling

solution

solute

solvent

aqueous solution

hydration shell

hydrophilic

mole

molarity

molecular weight

hydrogen ions

hydroxide ion

acid

base

pH

Buffers

Acid precipitation

Chapter 4 Carbon and the molecular diversity of life

Organic chemistry

hydrocarbons

isomers

structural isomers

geometric isomers

Enantiomer


Functional group

hydroxyl group

alcohols

carbonyl group

aldehyde

ketone

carboxyl group

amino group

amines

sulfhydryl group

thiols


phosphate group

macromolecules

polymers

monomers

condensation reaction

dehydration reaction


hydrolysis

Carbohydrates

monosaccharides

disaccharide

glycosidic linkage


Polysaccharides

starch

glycogen


cellulose

lipids

fat

fatty acid

triacylglycerol

saturated fatty acids

unsaturated fatty acids


phospholipids


Steroids

cholesterol

amino acids

peptide bond

Primary structure of proteins

Secondary structure of proteins

Tertiary structure of proteins

Quaternary structure of proteins

hydrophobic interactions

disulfide bridges

denaturation

chaperonins

X ray crystallography

gene

nucleic acids

DNA

RNA

nucleotides

pyrimidine

Purine

deoxyribose

polynucleotide

double helix

Chapter 5





CHAPTER 26

Stromatolites

Spontaneous generation

biogenesis

Protobionts

three domain system