Bio 141 Review (1/28/14)

Question 0

What does it mean for a gas to be inert

Answer 0

Stable, nonreactive, doesn’t care to get more electrons

Don’t react with anything

Question 1

What part gives an atom it’s identity?

Answer 1

Number of protons

Atomic number, attracts electrons

Question 2

What structural properties makes gases inert?

Answer 2

Electron shells are full

Question 3

What kind of ion would a calcium atom form and why

Answer 3

Achieve electron configuration like Argon

It would give away 2 electrons

Question 4

What does it mean to be polar

Answer 4

Slightly charged

Question 5

How do polar molecules behave when mixed with water?

Answer 5

They dissolve

Question 6

What it is if meant by adhesion?

Answer 6

Water sticks to other things

Question 7

What term describes a reaction that combines 2 monomers into a larger molecule while producing water

Answer 7

Condensation reaction

Question 8

What happens during hydrolysis

Answer 8

Uses water to break something apart

Question 9

Molecules are made up of what subunits

Answer 9

Carbon oxygen

Question 10

How are atoms joined together in organic molecules

Answer 10

Covalent bonds

Question 11

Ionic bond

Answer 11

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