ATI TEAS: Life and Physical Sciences

sugars and starches, which the body breaks down into glucose.

fatty acids and their derivatives that are insoluble in water.

a molecule that contains a large number of atoms.

molecules that can bond to similar or identical molecules to form a polymer.

long molecules made of nucleotides; DNA and RNA.

a substance composed of similar units bonded together

molecules composed of amino acids joined by peptide bonds.

one of the tow duplicates of a chromosome formed during the cell cycle.

a structure made of protein and one molecule of DNA

the sugar portion of a deoxyribose nucleotide.

the material that contains genetic information.

a string of DNA that is the basic unit of heredity.

a type of non covalent bond; a weak attraction between a hydrogen atom bound to an electronegative atom and a second highly electronegative atom.

the building block of DNA and RNA.

a large organelle within a cell that houses the chromosomes.

a phosphorous atom bound to 4 oxygen atoms.

a cross between parents heterozygous at two specific genes.

refers to the most powerful trait or the allele for that trait.

the genetic makeup of an individual

transmission of characteristics to offspring.

Inheritance of traits that follow Gregor mendel’s two laws and the principle of dominance.

a cross between parents heterozygous at one specific gene.

inheritance of traits that do not follow mendelian patterns of inheritance.

physical appearance of a trait formed by genetics and environment.

refers to traits that are masked if dominant alleles are also present; also refers to the allele for that trait.

a negatively charged ion.

the most basic complete unit of an element.

a positively charged ion.

a chemical bond in which electron pairs are shared between atoms.

a negatively charged atomic particle.

a column of elements in the periodic table.

a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.

the bond between two oppositely charged ions.

a atom particle with no electric charge.

an area around the nucleus where an electron can be found.

one of the seven horizontal rows in the periodic tables

the table of elements expressed as columns and rows

a positively charged atomic particle.

an electron in an outer orbital that can form bonds with other atoms.

the temperature at which a liquid boils and turns into vapor.

characteristics of a material that present during a chemical reaction or chemical change.

the amount of mass per volume.

the passive movement of substances from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.

properties that depend on the size of the sample of a substance.

properties that do not depend on the size of the sample of a substance.

the ability of a metal to be shaped.

the temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid.

a type of covalent bond in which atoms share electrons at equal distances from their atomic nuclei.

passage of fluid through a membrane.

observable properties of matter.

a type of covalent bond in which two atoms share electrons that are not at equal distances from their atomic nuclei.

the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree celsius.

the transition of liquid to gas when a substance has acquired enough thermal energy.

the transition of a gas to a liquid.

the temperature at which the liquid and gas phases of a substance have the same density.

the transition of a substance from gas to solid without passing through the liquid state.

the transition of liquid to gas that happens with or without the substance acquiring enough thermal energy to reach its boiling point.

the transition of a liquid to a solid.

a state of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape and is highly compressible.

a state of matter that has definite volume but not definite shape.

the transition of a solid to a liquid.

a graph of physical states of a substance under varying states of a substance under varying temperature and pressure.

a state of matter that retains its shape and density when not contained.

the transition of a substance from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state

the temperature and pressure at which solid, liquid, and vapor phases of a pure substance coexist.

a substance with a pH less than 7.

a substance with a pH greater than 7.

a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without undergoing permanent chemical change.

mathematic representation of a chemical reaction.

a substance made of two or more elements.

pure substances that cannot be broken into simpler substances.

a substance produced by a living thing that acts as a catalyst.

a substance that is a good conductor of electricity and heat, forms cations by loss of electrons, and yield basic oxides and hydroxides.

any element or substance that is not a metal.

a molecule found in a living thing that contains carbon

the measure of acidity or alkalinity

a chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with at least part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a cation.