Building Blocks of Life
Building Blocks
Ions and Bonds
Water
Questions
100

Any substance that occupies space and has mass

Matter

100

Different forms of an element that have the same number of protons and different numbers of neutrons

Isotopes

100

Positive ions that form by losing electrons

Cations

100

Water hating term

Hydrophobic 

200

A unique form of matter that is designated by its chemical symbol 

Element

200

The number of protons in an atom is found where  

Atomic number

200

Na-Br is what type of bond

Ionic Bond

200

Amount of energy required to being one gram of liquid to a gas 

Heat of vaporization

300

Two of the 4 common elements in living organisms. Only have to name 2. 

Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen

300
Two or more atoms chemically bonded together

Molecules

300

Type of bond that binds Oxygen and Hydrogen in water 

Covalent

300

Water is the universal _______

solvent

300

Name a functional group

Hydroxyl, methyl, carboxyl, amnio, phosphate, carbonyl

400
The smallest unit of matter that retains all of the element's chemical properties 

Atom

400

Radioactive form of isotopes that attain a more stable atomic configuration.

Radioisotopes

400

A weak bond that is critical to life

Hydrogen Bond

400

Amount of heat one gram of a substance must absorb or lose to change its temperature by one degree Celsuis

Specific heat capacity

400

What is an Enantiomer?

Molecules that share the same chemical structure but differ in the placement of atoms

500

The three parts of an atom

Proton, Neutron, and Electron

500
Atoms are more stable energetically when they have eight electrons

Octet Rule

500

Name one of the 4 nonpolar covalent bonds

Hydrogen bonds, Van der Waals interactions, electrostatic interactions, or hydrophobic interactions  

500

It is how water can stay above the glass

Cohesion

500

What is a Structural Isomer?

Share the same chemical formula but differ in placement