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Chapter 2
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
09/09/2009

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Term
Chemicals are at the base of the ________.
Definition
Biological Hierarchy
Term
_______ is anything that occupies space and has mass (wt).
Definition
Matter
Term
Element
Definition
a substance that cannot be broken down to other substances
Term
Trace elements
Definition
the 25 essential elements that are required to survive
Term
Compounds
Definition
a substance consisting of two or more different elements combined in a fixed ratio
Term
The Big 4's
Definition
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
(CHON)
Term
Atoms
Definition
smallest unit of matter that still retains the properties of an element
Term
proton
Definition
partical of an atom that has a single positive electrical charge (resides in the nucleus)
Term
neutrons
Definition
partical of an atom that is electrically neutral (resides in nucleus)
Term
electrons
Definition
partical of an atom that has a single negative clectrical charge
Term
mass number
Definition
the sum of the number of protons and electrons in the nucleus
Term
Isotopes
Definition
has the same number of protons and elections but differ in the amount of neutrons
Term
ion
Definition
an atom or molecule with an electrical charge (depends on outer shell)
Term
covalent bonds
Definition
when atoms share outer-shell electrons this happens
Term
when atoms are held together by covalent bonds a ______ is formed
Definition
molecule
Term
electro negativity
Definition
the pull by atoms for shared elections (in covalent bonds)
Term
nonpolar covalent bonds
Definition
the bonds formed when the pull toward each atom is = because each atom has the same electro negativity
Term
polar covalent bond
Definition
the bond formed due too unequal electron sharing
Term
polar molecules
Definition
molecules with both a slight negative charge and a slight positive charge
Term
hydrogen bonds
Definition
weaker than covalent bonds; bond formed because the +charged region is always a hydrogen atom
Term
cohesion
Definition
A property where hydrogen bonding causes molecules to stick together
Term
surface tension
Definition
a measure of how difficule it is to break the surface liquid (hydrogen bonds responsible!)
Term
ice is ____ dense than water
Definition
less
Term
how many atoms that are floating around in water is due to _____
Definition
heat and temperature
Term
three different forms of water
Definition
gas, liquid, solid
Term
When hydrogen bonds are stable ____ is formed
Definition
ice
Term
When Hydrogen bonds constantly break and re-form
Definition
water
Term
Chemical reactions contain both _____ and _____.
Definition
reactants and products
Term
When water freezes each molecule forms a stable hydrogen bond with __ neighbors
Definition
4
Term
acids
Definition
ADD H to a solution
Term
bases
Definition
REMOVE H from a solution
Term
pH scale
Definition
used to describe whether a solution is acidic or basic.
Term
pH ranges from 0-14. 0 being most ____ and 14 being most _____.
Definition
1) acidic
2) basic
Term
if a solution is neither acidic or basic it is ____. (7)
Definition
neutral
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