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1
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Biologists explore life from the ___ to the ______ scale?

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Microscopic, global

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Evolution accounts for?

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Life’s unity and diversity

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Biologists use what to explore life?

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Various forms of inquiry

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Biology

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Scientific study of life

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Biosphere

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The sum of all ecosystems and where life exists, also known as the ecosphere

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Ecosystem

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An area where living and nonliving things work together to form a bubble of life

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Community

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A group of populations of multiple different species occupying the same area.

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Population

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A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and produce fertile offspring

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Organism

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An individual living thing, consisting of one or more cells

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Organ

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Specialized center of body function, composed of different types of tissue.

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Organ system

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A group of organs that work together and perform vital body functions.

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Tissues

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Integrated group of cells with a common structure, function or both.

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Cells

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Life’s fundamental units of structure and function, the smallest units of organization that can perform all activities for life

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Organelles

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Membrane enclosed structures with specialized functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells

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Molecule

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Two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds

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How do DNA nucleotides relate to proteins?

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All forms of life use the same genetic code which allows the engineering of cells to produce protein.

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17
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How many kids of DNA nucleotides are there?

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4

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What type of diverse specialist might be involved in a systems biology team?

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Biochemists

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How can systems biology impact medical practice?

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Personalizing medicine for individuals

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What are the main criteria for separating plants, fungi, and animals kingdoms?

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Separated based on molecular data, which is then split into three domains.

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What are the 3 domains?

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Domain archaea, domain bacteria, and domain eukarya.

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Darwin’s theory of natural selection through evolution

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Organisms with the best traits for an environment will continue to evolve.

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Heritable information

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DNA, which is responsible for making each person unique.

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Emergent properties of biological systems

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Small parts of the biological system interact which results in creation of properties that individuals don’t have.

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Regulation

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Process that helps an organism maintain homeostasis

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Interaction with the environment

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Relationship between humans, mammals and the environment

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Living organisms have variations but are?

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United by certain factors

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Evolution

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Genetic material of population changes which results in new species

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Structure and function

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Concepts that describe the arrangement of components in an organism to help it work

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Scientific inquiry

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Problem solving method to help people understand scientific phenomenon

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The core idea that makes sense of unity and all the diversity of life

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Evolution

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In an experiment similar to the mimicry experiment performed by the Pfennigs, a researcher found that there were more total predator attacks on model king snakes in areas with coral snakes than in areas outside the range of coral snakes. From this the researcher concluded that

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the data should be compared to draw a conclusion with a control comparison with the number of attacks on model brown snakes.

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Why can a hypothesis never be “proven” to be true?

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There may always be alternative hypothesis that accounts for the results not tested.

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34
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Which of the following is an example of positive feedback regulation?

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In the birth of a baby, uterine contractions, stimulate release of chemicals that stimulate more uterine contractions

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35
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In a pond sample you find a unicellular organism that has numerous chloroplasts and a whiplike flagella. In which of the following groups do you think it should be classified?

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One of the kingdoms of protists

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36
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Correct hierarchical levels

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Molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organism

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37
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The difference between the mass number, and the atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of?

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Neutrons

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38
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To move a shelf farther from the nucleus, an electron must ____ energy

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absorb

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39
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Energy is ___ when an electron moves closer to the nucleus.

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lost

40
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Subatomic particles of an atom?

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Protons, neutrons, electrons

41
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Protons determine

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Atomic number

42
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Atomic number is constant for each?

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Element

43
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Protons and neutrons combine to get?

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Mass number

44
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Mass number differs in?

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Isotopes

45
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Why is water bent?

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Oxygen’s shared and unshared electrons repel eachother

46
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Electrons mass

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Negligible

47
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Proton mass

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1 dalton

48
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Neutron mass

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1 dalton

49
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Each element has its own characteristic atom in which

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The atomic number is constant

50
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Radioactive isotopes can be used in studies of metabolic pathways because

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Their location or quantity can be determined by their radioactivity.

51
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A reaction is in chemical equilibrium when?

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The forward and reverse reactions are occurring at the same rate

52
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A covalent bond between two atoms is likely to be polar if?

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One of the atoms is much more electronegative than the other.

53
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triple covalent bond would

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Involve the sharing of 6 electrons

54
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A cation

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Has a positive charge

55
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Which of the following weak bonds may form between any close aligned molecules?

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Van der waals interactions

56
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The ability of morphine to mimic the effects of the bodies endorphins is due to?

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Molecular shape similarities that allow morphine to bind to a endorphin receptors

57
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A sodium ion (Na+) contains 10 electrons, 11 protons, and 12 neutrons. What is the atomic number of sodium?

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11

58
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What type of bond would you expect potassium to form?

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Ionic; it would donate one electron and carry a positive charge

59
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What is the molecular shape of methane (CH4)?

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Tetrahedral

60
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Chlorine has an atomic number of 17 and a mass number of 35. How many electrons would a chloride ion have?

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18

61
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What is the difference between a molecule and a compound?

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Compounds always consist of molecules, but molecules are not always compounds.

62
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Hydrogen bonding between ____ and ____ results in temperature moderation.

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Oxygen and hydrogen

63
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Heat is ___ when bonds break

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Absorbed

64
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Heat is ____ when bonds form

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Released

65
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Hydrogen bonds break which results in high ____

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Temperature

66
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Water has a high?

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Specific heat capacity

67
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Specific heat capacity moderates?

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Temperature changes

68
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Cohesion and adhesion

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Hydrogen bonds hold molecules together and adhere them to hydrophilic surface.

69
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Example of cohesion and adhesion

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Transportation of water from roots to leaves in plants

70
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Specific heat capacity

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Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1°C

71
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Example of specific heat capacity

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Temperate changes in environment and organisms are moderate

72
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Heat of vaporization

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Hydrogen bond must be broken for water to evaporate.

73
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Example of heat of vaporization

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If heat of vaporization was low, organisms would die because of disruption to the water cycle.

74
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Evaporative cooling

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Water molecules with high kinetic energy evaporate; remaining molecules are cooler.

75
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Example of evaporative cooling

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Animals would overheat because they could not sweat or pant.

76
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Ice has _____ and ______?

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Higher volume and lower density

77
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Ice floating example

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Helps protect aquatic life from freezing

78
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Solution

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Homogenous mixture which means solute and solvent distributed equally

79
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Each water molecules is capable of forming?

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4 Hydrogen bonds

80
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Polarity of water molecules promotes?

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Formation of hydrogen bonds

81
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What accounts for the movement of water up the vessels of a tall tree? 4

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Cohesion, adhesion, hydrogen bonding, hydrophilic vessel walls

82
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Climates tend to be moderate near large bodies of water because?

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The high specific heat of water helps to moderate air temperatures

83
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Temperature is a measure of?

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Average kinetic energy of molecules

84
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Evaporative cooling is a result of?

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the release of heat when hydrogen bonds break and water molecules escape.

85
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Ice floats because?

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Hydrogen bonds space the molecules farther apart, creating a less dense structure

86
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The molarity of a solution is equal to?

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The number of moles in 1 L of solution

87
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How does pH 11 compare to pH 7?

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It is 10,000 x more basic

88
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Buffer

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Releases excess OH-

89
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What is least soluble in water?

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Non polar molecules

90
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Which would be the best method for reducing acid rain precipitation?

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Tighten emission control standards for factories and automobiles.

91
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What bonds must be broken for water to vaporize?

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Hydrogen bonds

92
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Why is water such an excellent solvent?

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Since it is a polar, it can surround and dissolve ionic and polar molecules.

93
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What mixed with water would form a colloid?

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A large hydrophilic protein

94
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Adding a base to a solution would?

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Raise pH and decrease H+

95
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A hydration shell is most likely to form around?

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An ion and a sugar

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