Lesson One Flashcards
What is the pH of blood?
7.4 pH
Blood temperature averages?
37 degrees Celsius
Negative feedback
The process by the body to become stable
Negative feedback description
Control centres in the brain and other organs release hormones that cause body reactions. Once normalcy is reached, the control centre is no longer stimulated.
Positive feedback
The process by the body to become unstable
Definition of positive feedback
Instead of achieving normalcy, the adaptive response further stimulus the regulatory centre. An increasingly unstable situation results.
Normal blood glucose levels
70-110 mg/dl
Is water organic
Nah it doesn’t have carbon
Covalent bond
Equal sharing of electrons
Ionic bond
Unequal sharing of electrons
Polar covalent
Molecules that have dipoles (regions with slight positive and negative natures).
What type of molecule is H2O
Polar covalent bond
Are water molecules loosely attracted to one another?
Yes
The negative charge on the oxygen attracts the positively charged hydrogen to produce….
A weak bond called a hydrogen bond
Hydrogen bonds are…
Weak