Biology 1 Chapter 3 (Lecture) Flashcards
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What is the only common substance to exist in the natural environment that exist in all 3 physical states of matter?
Water
What is the major reason Earth is inhabitable?
Abundance of water.
Cells are ____ water?
70-95%
What does it mean that water is a polar molecule?
The 2 ends of the molecule have opposite charges; oxygen region has partial negative, and the hydrogen regions have partial positive.
Hydrogen Bonds
Bond between water molecules
IMPORTANT QUALITY OF WATER
The H bonds are fragile & are breaking and reforming.
Ability to moderate ______ due to having high specific heat and evaporative cooling
Temperature.
Water expands upon
Freezing
Water is a
Solvent
Heat
Total kinetic energy due to motion of its molecules
Temperature
Measure of heat intensity that represents the average kinetic energy of the molecules.
Ice Cube
Not by adding cold by absorbing heat.
Water Freezes
0 C
Water Boils
100 C
Human Body
37 C
Room Temp
20-25 C
Why does evaporative cooling occur?
as a liquid evaporates the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down. (Stability of temp)
When water freezes
is less dense (ice floats, forming a barrier in lakes and ponds)
The dissociation of water yields the __ ion and the __ ion
H+ and OH-
pH scale
Describes how acidic and basic a solution is. (0-14)
The product of the [H+] times the [OH-] is
10 ^ -14
Neutral Solution
10^-7
pH=
-log[H+]
Substances that minimize changes in the concentrations of H+ ions and OH- ions.
Buffers