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Elements of Life

AP Biology

The chemical basis of life

Essential elements

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Trace elements

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Why carbon is the backbone of life

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Chemical bonds relevant to biology

Functional groups

How functional groups affect molecules

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Isomers

ATP: the energy currency

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Elements in context: connecting to other units

Vocabulary