Unit 6 - Chemistry of the Body - Part 2

Question 1

What is the place where an enzyme and a substrate come together?

Answer 1

Active Site

Question 2

What is the name for cells that are used for blood clotting?

Answer 2

Platelets

Question 3

What is the of cells that transports oxygen to the parts of the body?

Answer 3

Red blood cells

Question 4

What is the term for the maintenance of a chemical balance in your body?

Answer 4

Homeostasis

Question 5

What is the name of the scale that is used to determine if a substance is an acid or a base?

Answer 5

pH Scale

Question 6

What is the term for the nixing of an acid and a base?

Answer 6

Neutralization

Question 7

What is a condition in which the lungs fail to expel enough carbon dioxide causing a buildup of carbonic acid?

Answer 7

Acidosis

Question 8

What is used to determine the pH of various substances?

Answer 8

Indicator

Question 9

What the the name of an enzyme in your salvia?

Answer 9

Amylase

Question 10

What are the kind of cells that provide your body immunity and kill micro-organisms and bacteria?

Answer 10

White Blood cells

Question 11

What is the biological catalysts that speed up the reaction without being a part of the reaction themselves?

Answer 11

Enzymes

Question 12

What states that a gas will dissolve into and out of a liquid in direct relation to the pressure difference?

Answer 12

Henry’s law

Question 13

What is the term for a solution that can neutralize an acid or a base?

Answer 13

Buffer Solution

Question 14

What is the term for the pH in the body rising above 7.4?

Answer 14

Alkadosis

Question 15

What is the end product of neutralization?

Answer 15

Salt

Question 16

List 3 common indicators

Answer 16

Litmus paper
Phenolphthalein
pH paper

Question 17

Give three examples of a common base?

Answer 17

Ammonia
Sea Water
Blood

Question 18

List 3 examples of a common acid

Answer 18

Vinegar
lemon Juice
Milk

Question 19

On the pH Scale - - an acid is LESS than what number?

Answer 19

7

Question 20

What states that gas will dissolve into and out of a liquid in direct relation to the pressure difference?

Answer 20

Henry’s Law

Question 21

CO2 O2 and pH are all controlled to to keep the body in what?

Answer 21

Homeostasis

Question 22

Where can harmful bacteria come from?

Answer 22

Contaminated water

Question 23

What is the most abundant element in the body?

Answer 23

Hydrogen

Question 24

What is a side effect of mild acidosis?

Answer 24

Mental confusion

Question 25

What condition occurs if the lungs fail to expel enough carbon dioxide?

Answer 25

Acidosis

Question 26

What are the kidneys used for in the body?

Answer 26

pH control

Question 27

What three things help maintain the body pH?

Answer 27

kidneys
blood buffers
breathing rate

Question 28

What causes the air to move in the body?

Answer 28

Pressure

Question 29

What did chemists invent to promote the recovery after viruses have invaded our bodies?

Answer 29

drugs (pharmaceuticals)

Question 30

Be able to read a pH chart:

Answer 30

See mrs. Krumpelman if need help

Question 31

Be able to draw and label a substrate, enzyme and active site

Answer 31

See Mrs. Krumpelman for help

Question 32

What is the mole and enzyme works on called?

Answer 32

Substrate