Chapter 3: Water And Life Flashcards
How much water makes up a cell?
About 70-95%
Is oxygen or hydrogen more electronegative in water?
Oxygen is more electronegative so it gets the electrons more of the time
What type of bond is where the electrons are shared unequally?
Polar covalent bond
Define a non polar covalent bond
The unequal sharing of electrons due to differences in electronegativity
Is water polar or nonpolar?
Polar
Does oxygen or hydrogen have the positive charge in H2O?
Oxygen is slightly negative and hydrogen is slightly positive
What is a hydrogen bond?
The slightly positive of one hydrogen and the slightly negative of another oxygen are held together
How strong is a hydrogen bond compared to a covalent bond?
1/20
What is cohesion?
Hydrogen bonds are holding the substance together
How is cohesion used in plants with their water supply?
Hydrogen bonds cause water molecules leaving the veins to be pulled up through the trunk as water evaporates
Define adhesion.
The clinging of one substance to another
What does adhesion help water counter react in plants with their water supply?
Gravity
What is the word for a measure of how difficult it is to stretch or breaks the surface of a liquid?
Surface tension
Do atoms and molecules have potential or kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy
For a given body of matter, the amount of heat is a measure of the matter’s total ______ energy due to the motion of it’s molecules.
Kinetic
What is a calorie?
The amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
How many calories are in a kilocalorie?
1000
Define specific heat
Amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 gram of that substance to change its temperature by 1 degree Celsius
When heat is absorbed, it _______ hydrogen bonds.
Break
When heat is released, hydrogen bonds are _______.
Formed
Define heat of vaporization.
The quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 gram of it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state
What is the word for as a liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down.
Evaporative cooling
What is a liquid that is completely homogeneous mixture of two or more substances?
A solution
Differentiate between solute and solvent.
Solvent is what is doing the dissolving and the substance being dissolved is the solute