Chapter 3: Water And Life Flashcards

1
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How much water makes up a cell?

A

About 70-95%

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2
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Is oxygen or hydrogen more electronegative in water?

A

Oxygen is more electronegative so it gets the electrons more of the time

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3
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What type of bond is where the electrons are shared unequally?

A

Polar covalent bond

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4
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Define a non polar covalent bond

A

The unequal sharing of electrons due to differences in electronegativity

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5
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Is water polar or nonpolar?

A

Polar

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6
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Does oxygen or hydrogen have the positive charge in H2O?

A

Oxygen is slightly negative and hydrogen is slightly positive

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7
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What is a hydrogen bond?

A

The slightly positive of one hydrogen and the slightly negative of another oxygen are held together

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8
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How strong is a hydrogen bond compared to a covalent bond?

A

1/20

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9
Q

What is cohesion?

A

Hydrogen bonds are holding the substance together

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10
Q

How is cohesion used in plants with their water supply?

A

Hydrogen bonds cause water molecules leaving the veins to be pulled up through the trunk as water evaporates

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11
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Define adhesion.

A

The clinging of one substance to another

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12
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What does adhesion help water counter react in plants with their water supply?

A

Gravity

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13
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What is the word for a measure of how difficult it is to stretch or breaks the surface of a liquid?

A

Surface tension

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14
Q

Do atoms and molecules have potential or kinetic energy?

A

Kinetic energy

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15
Q

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.

A

Kinetic

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16
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What is a calorie?

A

The amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius

17
Q

How many calories are in a kilocalorie?

18
Q

Define specific heat

A

Amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 gram of that substance to change its temperature by 1 degree Celsius

19
Q

When heat is absorbed, it _______ hydrogen bonds.

20
Q

When heat is released, hydrogen bonds are _______.

21
Q

Define heat of vaporization.

A

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

22
Q

What is the word for as a liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down.

A

Evaporative cooling

23
Q

What is a liquid that is completely homogeneous mixture of two or more substances?

A

A solution

24
Q

Differentiate between solute and solvent.

A

Solvent is what is doing the dissolving and the substance being dissolved is the solute

25
An aqueous solution is one in which _______ is the solvent.
Water
26
Does a compound need to be ionic to dissolve in water?
No
27
How can large molecules such as proteins dissolve in water?
A long as they have ionic and polar regions on their surface then they can dissolve
28
Do hydrophilic or hydrophobic substances have an affinity for water? Which don't have an affinity for water?
Hydrophilic substances have an affinity for water and hydrophobic do not have an affinity for water
29
What is a colloid?
These are mixtures where there is a substance that does not dissolve
30
Explain the hydrogen ion, hydronium ion, and the hydroxide ion.
Hydrogen ion is H+, hydroxide ion is OH-, and the hydronium ion is H3O
31
How do acids and bases make substances more acidic and basic?
Acids releases H+ and bases absorb H+