Biochemistry Chapter 3- AP Bio Part 2 Flashcards
What happens when these molecules move fast enough
The depart the liquid and enter the air as gas
Why do molecules of any liquid stay close to one another
They are attracted to one another
Vaporization (evaporation)
The transformation from a liquid to a gas
Temperature
Average kinetic energy of molecules
Heat of vaporization
The quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 g of it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state.
Water also has a high what type of other heat
Heat of vaporization
What must be broken before vaporization
Hydrogen bonds
How does a high heat of vaporization occur in biology
Helps moderate earth’s climate
Evaporative cooling
As a liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down
How come water expands at 0°C
Water begins to freeze because molecules are moving too slowly to break hydrogen bonds, and molecules become locked in a crystalline lattice, each molecule is hydrogen bonded to 4 partners, so molecules are kept at “arms length”
Where does water reach its greatest density
4 °C
What does floating ice do for liquid water
Insulates the liquid water below, allow life to exist below the frozen surface
Solution
A completely homogenous mixture of 2 or more substances
Solvent
The dissolving agent of a solution
Solute
The substance that is dissolved
Aqueous solution
The one in which the solute is dissolved in water, water is the solvent
Hydrogen shell
The sphere of water molecules around each dissolved ion
A compound does not have to be ________ to dissolve in water
Ionic
Hydrophilic
Any substance that has an affinity for water
Hydrophobic
Substances that are nonionic and Nonpolar
Most chemical reactions in organisms involve
Solutes dissolved in water
Molecular mass
The sum of all the masses in a molecule
Mole (mol)
Represents an exact number of objects : 6.02 x 10^23 ————>avogadros number
Molarity
The number of moles of solute per lot of solution-the unit of concentration most commonly used by biologists for aqueous solutions