Unit 1: Water Flashcards

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1
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Hydrophilic

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Water loving: molecules that are polar, charged or ionic.

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2
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Hydrophobic

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Water fearing: molecules that are nonpolar compounds

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3
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Properties of water (3)

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ice is less dense than water, high specific heat capacity, high heat of vaporization

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4
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Reactant

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the starting materials in a chemical reaction (to the left of the arrow)

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5
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Products

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the materials produced in a chemical reaction (to the right of the arrow)

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6
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Arrows might show two things:

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React to make or form

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7
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Water generates charges because

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oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen

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8
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Solvant

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something that is capable of dissolving another (polar) substance

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9
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Dissociation

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atoms or groups of atoms break off from molecules and form ions

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10
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Water molecules sticking to each other is

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Cohesion (because of hydrogen bonding)

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11
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Surface tension

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the capacity of a substance to withstand rupturing when placed under tension or stress

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12
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Adhesion

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attraction to other charged, polar molecules

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13
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What force allows plants to transport water from their roots to their leaves

A

Adhesion

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14
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What happens when the heat rises as water boils

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the water molecules’ higher kinetic energy causes the hydrogen bonds to break completely and allows water molecules to escape into the air as gas

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15
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What happens when water freezes?

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the water molecules form a crystalline structure maintained by hydrogen bonding (there is not enough energy to break the hydrogen bonds)

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16
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What has the highest specific heat capacity of any liquids

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Water

17
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high heat of vaporization

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the amount of energy required to change one gram of a liquid substance to a gas

18
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Evaporation

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Individual water molecules acquire enough energy from other water molecules such that some surface water molecules can escape and vaporize

19
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Equation to calculate pH

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pH = -log[H+]

20
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[H+]

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molar concentration of hydrogen ions

21
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Non-neutral pH readings result from

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dissolving acids or bases in water

22
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Low concentrations of hydroxide ions OH- yields

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a low pH number, high acidity

23
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Low levels of hydrogen -[H] ions result in

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high pH, low acidity

24
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The pH scale ranges from

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0 (high pH) to 14 (low pH). Anything above 7 is alkaline/basic.

25
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Buffers and bases are both

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substances that resists a change in pH by readily donating OH– or taking up [H+]. Resisting change doesn’t mean neutral but just regulated.

26
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a substance with many polar covalent bonds will be

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hydrophilic

27
Q

C-C,
C-H

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non polar covalent bonds, hydrophobic

28
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O-H,
O-C

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polar covalent bonds, hydrophillic

29
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[ ] brackets tell us

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it is a concentration

30
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What kind of compounds dissolve well in water?

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Charged, ionic, polar

31
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What type of bonds will maintain proteins shape and structure? (2)

A

Hydrogen and ionic

32
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Hydrogen bonds play a role in water molecules through

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adhesion, cohesion and solvent properties

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