Biochemistry Chapter 3- AP Bio Part 2 Flashcards

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What happens when these molecules move fast enough

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The depart the liquid and enter the air as gas

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Why do molecules of any liquid stay close to one another

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They are attracted to one another

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Vaporization (evaporation)

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The transformation from a liquid to a gas

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Temperature

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Average kinetic energy of molecules

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Heat of vaporization

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The quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 g of it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state.

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Water also has a high what type of other heat

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Heat of vaporization

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6
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What must be broken before vaporization

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Hydrogen bonds

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How does a high heat of vaporization occur in biology

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Helps moderate earth’s climate

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Evaporative cooling

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As a liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down

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How come water expands at 0°C

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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”

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Where does water reach its greatest density

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4 °C

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What does floating ice do for liquid water

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Insulates the liquid water below, allow life to exist below the frozen surface

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Solution

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A completely homogenous mixture of 2 or more substances

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Solvent

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The dissolving agent of a solution

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Solute

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The substance that is dissolved

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Aqueous solution

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The one in which the solute is dissolved in water, water is the solvent

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Hydrogen shell

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The sphere of water molecules around each dissolved ion

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A compound does not have to be ________ to dissolve in water

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Hydrophilic

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Any substance that has an affinity for water

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Hydrophobic

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Substances that are nonionic and Nonpolar

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Most chemical reactions in organisms involve

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Solutes dissolved in water

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Molecular mass

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The sum of all the masses in a molecule

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Mole (mol)

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Represents an exact number of objects : 6.02 x 10^23 ————>avogadros number

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Molarity

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The number of moles of solute per lot of solution-the unit of concentration most commonly used by biologists for aqueous solutions