biological molecules Flashcards
1
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What happens due to the sharing of the electrons in water being uneven between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms?
A
The oxygen atom attracts the electrons more strongly than the hydrogen atoms, resulting in a weak negatively charged region on the oxygen atom (δ-) and a weak positively charged region on the hydrogen atoms (δ+), this also results in the asymmetrical shape
2
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What is a polar molecule?
A
When a molecule has one end that is negatively charged and one end that is positively charged
3
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As a result of the polarity of water, … form between the positive and negatively charged regions of adjacent water molecules
A
Hydrogen bonds
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