Exam 1 Flashcards
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Designed to mimic the bodys natural release profile
Humalog
Clusters of 6 insulin molecules
Hexamers
The scientific method
Observations, hypothesis, experiments, theory
Recording qualitative or quantitative data
Observations
Explanation of observations
Hypothesis
Change one variable at a time, test hypothesis
Experiments
Explains experiment, predicts further outsome
Theory
Amount of matter in an object
Mass
Measures the force with which gravity pulls on an object
Weight
How close to the true value a given measurement is
Accuracy
How well a number of independent measurements agree with each other
Precision
Total numner of digits recorded for a measurement
Significant figures
Method that uses a conversion factor to convert a quantity expressed in one unit to an equivalent quantity in a different unit
Dimensional analysis
Expresses the relationship between two different units
Conversion factor
Independent of sample size, temperature and melting point
Intensive properties
Dependent on sample size, length and volume
Extensive properties
Characteristics that DO NOT involve a change in a sample’s chemical makeup
Physical properties
Characteristics that DO involve a change in a sample’s chemical makeup
Chemical properties
Left side of zig zag line except for hydrogen
Metals
Right side of zig zag line
Nonmetals
Lie along zig zag line
Semimetals, metalloids
Mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions
Law of conservation of mass
Different samples of a pure chemical substance always contain the same proportion of elements by mass
Law of definite proportions
Elements can combin in different ways to form different substances, whose mass ratios are small whole-number multiples of each other
Law of multiple proportions