IA Chemistry of Life

AP Biology IA – Chemistry of Life

ROOT MEANING an- = not aqua- = water bio- = life carb- = coal co- = together de- = without or remove di- = two electro- = electricity -ell = small eu- = true glyco- = sweet helic- = a spiral hydro- = water iso- = equal karyo- = nucleus kinet- = movement -logy = the scientific study of a subject -lyse = break macro- = large meros- = part mono- = single neutr- = neither -philos = loving -phobos = fearing poly- = many pro- = before quatr- = four -sacchar = sugar sulf- = sulfur tech- = skill or art terti- = three therm- = heat thio- = sulfur tri- = three -valent = strength

C. Gay 6/26/08 SSHS AP Biology Vocabulary

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 5.10-21 biosphere matter organic compounds energy ecosystem element hydrocarbon kinetic energy community compound carbon skeleton potential energy population atom isomer chemical energy organism proton functional group thermodynamics organ system neutron hydrophilic entropy organ electron amine exergonic tissue nucleus macromolecule cellular respiration cell atomic number polymer endergonic organelle atomic mass monomer metabolism molecule isotope dehydration synthesis metabolic pathway emergent property radioisotope hydrolysis energy coupling producer electron shell enzyme phosphorylation consumer chemical bond carbohydrate ATP systems biology ionic bond monosaccharide energy of activation prokaryotic cell salt disaccharide enzyme eukaryotic cell covalent bond polysaccharide substrate gene molecule starch active site species double bond amylose induced fit domain electronegativity amylopectin cofactor evolution nonpolar covalent glycogen coenzyme natural selection bond cellulose competitive inhibition hypothesis polar covalent bond chitin allosteric inhibition theory polar molecule lipid noncompetitice controlled experiment hydrogen bond hydrophobic ihibition technology cohesion fat feedback inhibition adhesion unsaturated surface tension saturated heat phospholipid temperature steroid solution cholesterol solvent anabolic steroid solute protein aqueous solution amino acid acid peptide bond base polypeptide pH scale denaturation buffer alpha helix acid precipitation beta pleated sheet chemical reaction nucleic acid reactant nucleotide product double helix

C. Gay 6/26/08 SSHS AP Biology