Concentration/Dilution/Excretory System Flashcards
What is the concentration of a solution?
The concentration of a solution is the ratio of the amount of solute to the total quantity of solution.
What does a concentrated solution contain?
A concentrated solution contains a large amount of dissolved solute in relation to the volume of the solution.
What does a diluted solution contain?
A diluted solution contains a small amount of dissolved solute in relation to the volume of the solution.
What is 30% in g/mL?
30g/100mL. This percentage shows the amount of solute per 100mL.
L to mL?
X1000
mL to L?
Divide by 1000.
Concentration equation?
C = m/v
Spectrophotometer?
Shines light through solutions.
Too much solute, results in a lower number on SPM. Therefore, higher concentration.
Dilution?
C1 V1 = C2 V2
C1 = concentration of original solution V1 = volume of original solution C2 = concentration of new solution V2 = volume of new solution
What is the excretory system?
System which cleans blood via the kidneys.
It is responsible for getting rid of ant cellular waste from the body.
What does the excretory system do?
Filters the blood by removing excess water, urea, carbon dioxide and excess salts.
We remove excess water by?
Urinating, sweating and/or breathing.
We remove urea by?
Urinating.
We remove carbon dioxide by?
Exhaling.
We remove excess salts by?
Seating and/or urinating.
What do kidneys look like?
The two kidneys are each shapes like a bean and the size of a computer mouse.
What does the renal artery do?
The renal artery transports blood from the heart to the kidney.
What does the renal vein do?
The renal vein transports blood from the kidney back to the heart.
What are the ureters?
Tubes connecting the kidneys to the bladder.
What is the bladder?
A sac, which holds urine until it is time to be excreted.
What is the urethra?
The tube through which urine travels from the outside of the body.
What are nephrons?
Millions of nephrons are found within the cortex/medulla of the kidney.
They remove any excess water and waste from the blood through diffusion.
They produce urine.
How do kidneys filter blood?
- Blood enters the kidney through the renal artery.
- Waste, salts, urea, etc. diffuse into the nephrons (microscopic little filters).
- The waste travels from the nephrons into the renal pelvis which is connected to the ureter.
- Now urine, leads down the ureter into the bladder.
- Once the bladder fills part way, the urine is excreted out of the urethra.
What is urine?
- Kidneys filter blood, and create waste. This waste is called urine.
- Urine is mostly made up of water, urea, and uric acid.
- It also contains electrolytes, which are made up of potassium and sodium (excess salts).