3.1.8 Inorganic Ions

Question 1

What are inorganic ions ?

Answer 1

Ions which do not contain carbon

Question 2

Where are inorganic ions found ?

Answer 2

Organisms where they occur in solution in the cytoplasm of cells and in bodily fluids

Part of larger molecules

Question 3

What is the conc of an inorganic ion?

Answer 3

Ranges from high to low

Question 4

What with an inorganic ion relates to its properties ?

Answer 4

The particular function that it performs

Question 5

Where are iron ions found ?

Answer 5

Haemoglobin

Question 6

Where are phosphate ions found ?

Answer 6

DNA

Question 7

What is the role of an iron ion?

Answer 7

Plays the role of transporting oxygen in the bloody

Question 8

Explain the role of the phosphate ion ?

Answer 8

It form a structural role in DNA and in storing energy in ATP molecules

Question 9

What are hydrogen ions important in?

Answer 9

Determine the pH of solutions and therefore the function of enzymes

Question 10

What are sodium ions important in?

Answer 10

The transport of glucose and amino acids across plasma membranes