Chapters 13-15 Flashcards
A large organic molecule made from a chain of many smaller molecules
Polymer
The substances that undergo a chemical change are the
Reactants
An ionic compound that does not contain either a hydrogen ion or a hydroxide ion is a
Salt
Energy is absorbed from the surroundings and stored in chemical bounds by an
Endothermic reaction
Using an electrical current through a solution to coat an object with a thin layer of metal
Electroplating
The study of the rates of chemical reactions is
Chemical kinetics
The building blocks of proteins
Amion acids
The number indicating how many molecules are involved in a reaction
coefficient
What property of water measures the acidity and basicity of solutions
Water reacts slightly with itself
What is the uniqueness of carbon
Carbon has 4 valence elctrons
What molecule is the working copy of genetic information
RNA
What substances transport cholesterol
Lipoproteins
Why is ammonia a base
it produces hydroxide ions
What is used for short term fuel storage
Starch
What type of reaction occurs when two compounds switch two parts
Double displacement
If 1x10^-4 is increased by 6, what is the new pH?
10
What functional group is found in the middle of the molecule
Ester group
What is true about every anode of every electrochemical cell
Electron current leaves at the anode
When an equilibrium is disturbed, what causes the system to partially offset the disturbance
Le Chatelier’s principle
What is a comibionation reaction
A+B—–> AB
Hydrogen gas uses Zn and how many HCl?
2
A compound that contains only hydrogen and carbon and has a cyclic structure with delocalized electrons
Aromatic hydrocarbon
Kinetic energy that two colliding molecules must have to undergo a chemical change
activation energy
What is a chemical change resulting from a collision between molecules
Chemical reaction
What term describes a chemical equation that has the same number of atoms of each element on both sides of the arrow
Balanced
What is Hv3O+ called
Oxonium
What is a segment of DNA contains the code for a specific substance
Gene
What term describes a substance that is neither and acid or a base
Neutral