Atoms & Bonding
These bonds are formed by ions with opposite charges.
What are Ionic Bonds?
Carbon is able to bond with this number of atoms.
What are Four?
Polymers are formed through this process
What is dehydration synthesis?
This property of water creates the ability to make drops.
What is cohesion?
More acidic solutions have a ________ pH than basic solutions.
What is lower?
The elements that are most likely to form ionic bonds are found toward these parts of the periodic table.
What are the outsides?
One reason carbon may be so common in the molecules of life that its size is relatively ______.
What is small?
The difference between the sugars in DNA and RNA is the number of these atoms in the molecule.
What are oxygen atoms?
This type of weak chemical bond explains many of the properties of water.
What is Hydrogen bonding?
Different molecular features of amino acids lead to differences in this feature of protiens.
What is the structure and function?
Isomers that are a mirror image of each other are known by this term.
What are Enantiomers?
Molecules involved in the processes of life that contain carbon are know by this term.
What is organic molecules?
The monomers of carbohydrates are known by this term.
What are Monosaccharides or simple sugars?
This property of water allows bugs to walk on ponds.
What is surface tension?
This type of lipid is essential in cell membrane because of its hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail.
What is a phospholipid?
A Potassium atom has 19 electrons and this number of electrons in its valence shell.
What is one?
While the most common isomer of carbon has 6 neutrons, a Carbon 13 isomer has this number.
What is 7?
This type of lipid is distinguished by its bent shape resulting from double bonds.
What is unsaturated fatty acid?
True or false: The bonds in a water molecule are polar because oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen.
What is True?
When acids and bases are mixed, this happens to the solution.
What is neutralized?
Xenon has an atomic number of 54 and a mass number of 108. The nucleus contains ____ neutrons.
What is 54?
Carbon is essential to the four main classes of macromolecules, which are carbohydrates, lipids, protein, and this type of molecule.
What is nucleic acids?
This level of protein structure is most associated with its biological function.
What is the tertiary structure?
This property of water allows large bodies of water to remain at a relatively constant temperature, supporting life.
What is high specific heat?
Energy is released from macromolecules through this type of reaction.
Hydrolysis