Part 6 Flashcards
What is an ion carrying one or more negative charges and therefore attracted to a positive pole?
Is this an electron acceptor or donor?
anion
electron acceptor
What is an electron associated with an atom, and can participate in the formation of a chemical bond?
valence electron
What is the outermost energy level containing chemically active electrons?
valence shell
What is the substance being dissolved in a solution called?
solute
substance in smaller amount of mixture
What is the substance that dissolves in the solute resulting in a solution?
solvent
substance present in greatest amount
What is the property of a solid, liquid, or gas to dissolve in a solid, liquid, or gas to form a homogenous solution of the solute in the solvent?
solubility
What is the nucleic acid found in all living cells and carries the organism’s hereditary information
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNA
What consists of neutrons and protons?
nucleus
What are found orbiting the nucleus?
electrons
What type of charge does a proton have?
positive
