Water and Life - Chapter 3 Practice Questions

A mole of ethyl alcohol weighs 46 g. How many grams of ethyl alcohol are needed to produce 1 L of a 2-millimolar (2 mM) solution?

0.092 g

A solution at pH 6 contains __________ than the same amount of solution at pH 8.

100 times more H+.

Imagine that organisms consisted of 70-95% alcohol instead of 70-95% water. Alcohol's specific heat is about half that of water. How would living things be different?

Systems for temperature regulation would have to be much more efficient.

Adding acid tends to __________ of a solution.

increase the hydrogen ion concentration and lower the pH

A molecule that has all nonpolar covalent bonds would be __________.

Hydrophobic

What are nonpolar molecules that cluster away from water molecules called?

Hydrophobic

An acid is __________.

A compound that donates hydrogen ions to a solution

Water has __________ than other liquids such as ethanol , reflecting its capacity to absorb large amounts of heat.

A higher boiling point

What do cohesion, surface tension, and adhesion have in common with reference to water?

All are properties related to hydrogen bonding.

Cells are surrounded by water, and cells themselves consist of about 70-95% water. Which of the following occurs as a result?

All of these are true. Waste products produced by cell metabolism can be easily removed. The temperature of living things tends to change relatively slowly. A variety of nutrient molecules is readily available as dissolved solutes.

How does the polarity of water contribute to its ability to dissolve so many substances?

Because it is polar, water's negatively charged oxygen atoms and positively charged hydrogen atoms are attracted to positively and negatively charged ions and molecules.

The ability of water molecules to form hydrogen bonds with other water molecules and water's ability to dissolve substances that have charges or partial charges are __________.

Both caused by water's partial charges.

A substance that minimizes changes in the concentration of H+ and OH- in a solution is a __________.

Buffer

The phenomenon responsible for maintaining the upward movement of water through vessels in a tree is __________.

Cohesion

Which action would involve the greatest transfer of heat? Evaporating 1 g of water at 25°C Cooling 10 g of water from 80°C to 40°C Changing the temperature of 1 g of water from 10°C to 90°C Condensing 5 g of steam to liquid water

Condensing 5 g of steam to liquid water.

Which of the following dissociations is that of an acid? NH3 + H+ → NH4+ H2O → H+ + OH- NaOH → Na+ + OH- HF → H+ + F-

HF → H+ + F-

Sweating has a cooling effect because of water's high __________.

Heat of vaporization

Which of the following accurately relates the emergent properties of water to the effects of global warming in the Arctic?

Ice floats because it is less dense than liquid water; floating ice insulates water below and provides a habitat for some species. The significant increase in Arctic air temperature over the past 50 years is causing a reduction in sea ice, compromising these beneficial effects of sea ice.

Which of the following occurs because molecules of water are farther apart in ice than in liquid water?

Ice floats.

Why are cell membranes composed primarily of hydrophobic molecules?

In order to perform their function of separating the aqueous solutions outside of cells from the aqueous solutions inside of cells, cell membranes cannot be soluble in water.

The absorption of human-generated CO2 by the oceans __________.

Increases the hydrogen ion concentration in the oceans but decreases the carbonate ion concentration and threatens the livability of the oceans for organisms that produce calcium carbonate shells.

The tendency of water molecules to stay close to each other as a result of hydrogen bonding __________.

Is called cohesion, acts to moderate temperature, provides the surface tension that allows small animals to move across a water surface, and helps to keep water moving through the vessels in a tree trunk.

Why is the increasing amount of carbon dioxide being taken up by the oceans a cause for concern?

More carbon dioxide causes an increase in carbonic acid (H2CO3), which leads to a decrease in the concentration of carbonate ion (CO32-).

Water is a very versatile solvent because water molecules are __________.

Polar

The reason that coastal climates are more moderate than inland climates primarily water's high __________.

Specific Heat

You can fill a glass of water to just slightly above the rim without the water spilling over the glass. What property of water best explains this phenomenon?

Surface tension

A glass of grapefruit juice, at pH 3, contains __________ H+ as a glass of tomato juice, at pH 4.

Ten times as much.

Water is a polar molecule. What does this statement mean?

That atoms in the molecule have partial charges as a result of unequal sharing of electrons in a covalent bond.

Adhesion is best described as which of the following?

The clinging of one substance to another substance.

If water were NOT a polar molecule, how would the effects of global warming differ from those currently observed or predicted to occur in the future?

The effects would be drastically worse because the loss of the polar nature of water would greatly reduce its specific heat and its ability to moderate temperature.

The amount of heat required to convert 1 g of any substance from the liquid to the gaseous state is defined as __________.

The heat of vaporization of that substance.

In a group of water molecules, hydrogen bonds form between which of the following?

The oxygen atom in one water molecule and a hydrogen atom in another water molecule.

The amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 g of any substance by 1°C is defined as __________.

The specific heat of that substance.

The partial charges on a water molecule occur because of __________.

The unequal sharing of electrons between the hydrogen and the oxygen atoms of a water molecule.

Adding a base tends to __________ of a solution.

lower the hydrogen ion concentration and increase the pH

Sucrose has a molecular mass of 342 daltons. To make a 2-molar (2 M) solution of sucrose, __________.

stir 342 g of sucrose in water to dissolve the sugar, and then add enough water to bring the total volume of the solution up to 0.5 L