ribonucleic acid (RNA) monomer nucleotide (3 parts) 5-carbon sugar phosphate group function nitrogen base DNA: stores genetic information RNA: transmits code to proteins Chemical Reactions News flash!! EVERY PROCESS IN LIVING THINGS INVOLVES CHEMICAL REACTIONS!! Chemical reaction process that changes 1 set of chemicals into another set of chemicals. involves breaking and forming bonds. Reactants compounds/elements entering into rxn. Products compounds/elements produces by rxn. Chemical Equation HCl + NaOH H2O + NaCl  Energy in breaking/forming bonds releases/absorbs energy. reactions Exothermic rxn rxns that release energy rxns that absorb energy: need energy to Endothermic rxn get started. energy needed to get rxn started. Activation energy
monomer function ribonucleic acid (RNA) nucleotide (3 parts) 5-carbon sugar phosphate group nitrogen base DNA: stores genetic information RNA: transmits code to proteins News flash!! Chemical reaction Reactants Products Chemical Equation Chemical Reactions EVERY PROCESS IN LIVING THINGS INVOLVES CHEMICAL REACTIONS!! process that changes 1 set of chemicals into another set of chemicals. involves breaking and forming bonds. compounds/elements entering into rxn. compounds/elements produces by rxn. HCl + NaOH  H2O + NaCl Energy in reactions Exothermic rxn Endothermic rxn Activation energy breaking/forming bonds releases/absorbs energy. rxns that release energy rxns that absorb energy: need energy to get started. energy needed to get rxn started.
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