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The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of
protons only
The difference between one element and another lies in the :
number of protons
The enzyme catalyzed fission of a disaccharide by a molecule of water, in which there is a yield of two monosaccharides, is called:
hydrolysis
Because they are nonpolar, oil molecules cluster together in drops, keeping water outside. The oil is said to be
hydrophobic
Because oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen, the water molecule is
polar
Each water molecule will be hydrogen bonded to the maximum number of water molecules when the water is:
in a regular crystalline structure
A radioactive isotope of carbon is:
carbon -14
Calcium atoms lose 2 electrons from their outermost energy level an thus leave 8 electrons in the level just inside the outermost energy level. A typical calcium ion, then, would be
Ca++
Which of the following is a correct formula for propane?
C3H8
Sucrose molecules are formed by the condensation of which mono saccharides?
fructose & glucose
Compared with the mass of a proton, an electron has
almost no mass
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree C is its
specific heat
A general formula for mono saccharides is (CH2O)n, where n is anywhere in the range
3-8, & 2-6
which type of lipid is the most abundant component of biological membranes?
phospholipids
The partial negative charge at one end of a water molecule is attracted to the partial positive charge of another water molecule. What is this attraction called?
Hydrogen bond
Which liquids does not have a measurable pH?
cooking oil
Eukaroytic organisms are defined in part as those whose cells
contain a nuclear membrane
A solution with a pH of 3 has how many more H+ than a solution with a pH of 6?
1000 times more
A compound contains hydroxyl groups as its predominate functional group. What is true about this compound?
It should dissolve in water.
Which is the best description of a carbonyl group?
a carbon atom joined to an oxygen atom by a double bond
A solution with the pH= 13.7 would have a pOH=
0.3
A fatty acid is a hydrocarbon chain which contains a terminal _________ functional group
carboxyl
The Earth is now estimated to be about
4.5 billion years old
How many additional electrons would be required for sulphur (S) to have a filled valence shell?
2
In the crystal matrix of ordinary salt, the sodium and chlorine atoms are held together by
ionic bonds
When you wash dishes, drops of water cling to the surface of a glass. This phenomenon is an example of
gravity
Am example of a protein whose function is structural is
hemoglobin
A hydrocarbon consists only of
carbon & hyrdogen
4 major classes of of organic molecules in living tissue does not include
water
Particularly in plants, sugar is transported in the form of a
disaccharide
Insect blood sugar is
trehalose
3 fatty acids bonded together with a glycerol form
a fat or an oil
The hereditary material of living things consists of a coded sequence of subunits in
DNA
The number of different kinds of naturally occurring amino acids in proteins is
20
Proteins are polymers formed of structural units called
amino acids
With the exception of chemical processes in the stomach, almost all other chemical reactions in living systems take in which pH range?
6 to 8
When placed in water, NaOH is
a strong base
Any substance that causes an increase in the relative concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution is know as a
base
Herpetology, a sub-discipline of biology, is the study of
reptiles & amphibians
What are gene products
sugars, fats, oils, & starches
Which functional group confers the properties of a weak acid to the molecule of which it is a part?
carboxyl
What are the most common 6 kinds of atoms involved in the composition of living tissues?
oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.
No orbital can contain more than
2 electrons
Water is extremly important in living thins of all of the
............
common isotope of hydrogen has
one electron, one proton, and no neutrons
If 2 atoms share a pair of electrons, they are held together by
a covalent or polar covalent bond
Because they contain a predominance of nonpolar C-H bonds, fat molecules
are hydrophobically excluded by water
Molecules of protein
hemoglobin, antibodies, keratin, & enzymes
Aquatic organisms have an environment that has less temperature fluctuations than that of land-dwelling organisms due to water's high
specific heat
The earliest life forms to have appeared on the planet are included in the kingdom
bacteria/pro.
True of bonds in water molecules
Shared electrons spend most of their time around the oxygen atom
Electrophoresis reveals that a certain protein yields one band for some individuals, and 4 bands for other individuals. The _________ structure of this protein must be _________.
quaternary; trimeric
The Bohr model of atomic structure emphasizes that
electrons of different energies are found at different distances from the atomic nucleus
Imagine that you discover an organism whose multicellular body is composed of eukaryotic cells surrounded by chitinous cell walls. This organism lacks chlorophyll ( does not photosynthesize), and grows on the decaying remains of other organisms. Which kingdom does it belong to?
Fungi
The minimal unit revealing the properties of life is the
cell
Amino functional group
basic, found in amino acids, contain nitrogen, components of urea
Starch & cellulose
polymers of glucose
When released from the pancreas, instructs skeletal muscle cells to hydrolyze glycogen into glucose?
glucagon
NONPOLAR
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Of the 92 naturally occurring elements, those that occur in living things are mostly
light, low mass atoms
Organic compounds
protein, CaCO3, monosaccharides, RNA
2 carbon atoms might be joined to each other by the sharing of 2 pairs of electrons, forming
a double bond
A dimer hydrogen gas (H2) has two atoms held together by
a covalent bond
2 neutrons with 1 proton and 1 electron
H
isotope commonly used by molecular biologist to label DNA
32p
plasma membrane consists manly of
phospholipids

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