BIO1011

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 (This would produce a 0.002 M or a 2 mM solution.)

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

100 times more H+ (Each pH unit change represents a tenfold difference in the hydrogen ion concentration; thus, 10 × 10 = 100.)

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

Hydrophobic (Substances that are nonionic and nonpolar repel water.)

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

Ice floats. (Because water molecules in ice are farther apart than in liquid water, ice is less dense, and therefore, it floats.)

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

heat of vaporization (Water's high heat of vaporization results in evaporative cooling because when water evaporates, the surface on which it rests cools down.)

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

hydrophobic (For example, the hydrophobic behavior of oil molecules results from a prevalence of nonpolar covalent bonds. Nonpolar molecules do not have an affinity for water or other polar molecules.)

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

All are properties related to hydrogen bonding. (The extraordinary qualities of water are emergent properties resulting from hydrogen bonding.)

Cells are surrounded by water, with which they are mostly filled. Which of the following occurs as a result?

All of the listed responses are correct. (All of the listed responses result from the extraordinary characteristics of water.)

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. (Polar water molecules surround the individual ions or charged molecules, separating and shielding the ions or molecules from one another.)

Which action would involve the greatest transfer of heat?

Condensing 5 g of steam to liquid water (This would release about 2,900 calories (580 calories/gram × 5 grams).

Which of the following dissociations is that of an acid?

HF → H+ + F- (Hydrofluoric acid (HF) dissociates into a hydrogen ion and a fluoride ion.)

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. (The warming that has occurred in the Arctic has significantly affected the seasonal balance between ice and liquid water to the degree that sea ice communities are in danger.)

Why are cell membranes composed primarily of hydrophobic molecules?

In order to perform their function of separating the aqueous solutions outside cells from the aqueous solutions inside cells, cell membranes cannot be soluble in water. (If cell membranes were hydrophilic, they would break down and dissolve in the presence of water, rendering them useless as a barrier.)

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-). (As seawater becomes more acidic, carbonate ion concentration decreases. The decrease in the availability of carbonate ion makes it more difficult for marine organisms to secrete calcium carbonate shells.)

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 (Water has a greater surface tension, a measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid, than most other liquids.)

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. (In order for living things to inhabit a wide range of environments, temperature regulation would need to be more efficient for a fluid with a lower specific heat.)

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 (In the case of water, the oxygen is slightly negative, and the hydrogen atoms are slightly positive.)

Adhesion is best described as which of the following?

The clinging of one substance to another substance (Adhesion is the attraction of one substance to another.)

If water were not a polar molecule, how would the effects of climatic 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. (A loss of the polar nature of water would equate to a loss in the ability to form hydrogen bonds. Breaking hydrogen bonds absorbs energy, which accounts for water's high specific heat and its ability to influence and moderate climate.)

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 slightly negatively charged region of an oxygen atom of one water molecule is attracted to the slightly positively charged region of a hydrogen atom of another water molecule.)

An acid is __________.

a compound that donates hydrogen ions to a solution (An acid 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 (More heat is needed to vaporize 1 g of water than most other liquids.)

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 (Two molecules of water are held together by a hydrogen bond formed between the slight positive charge of the hydrogen and the slight negative charge of the oxygen. Water is a very versatile solvent, a quality traced to the polarity of the water molecule.)

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

buffer (Buffers are substances that minimize changes in the concentration of hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions in a solution; therefore, buffers maintain a relatively constant pH.)

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

cohesion (Cohesion is a consequence of hydrogen bonding between water molecules.)

Adding acid tends to __________ of a solution.

increase the hydrogen ion concentration and lower the pH (Because pH is a negative log, its value is inversely proportional to the hydrogen ion concentration.)

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 absorption of CO2 by the oceans causes an increase in the carbonic acid and hydrogen ion concentration (lower pH). The extra hydrogen ions bind with the carbonate ion to form bicarbonate. This reduces the amount of carbonate ions available for calcification, the production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) by many marine organisms, including reef-building corals and animals that build 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 (All of the choices reflect results of the cohesiveness of water molecules.)

Adding a base tends to __________ of a solution.

lower the hydrogen ion concentration and increase the pH (A substance that reduces the hydrogen ion concentration is a base. Reducing the hydrogen ion concentration increases the pH.)

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

polar (Because molecules of polar solvents have a positive and a negative pole, polar solvents are excellent solvents for ions and for other polar materials.)

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

specific heat (Because of its high specific heat, water's temperature will change less when it absorbs or loses a given amount of heat. Thus, the oceans can absorb and store a huge amount of heat and release it later when the temperature of the air has dropped.)

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 (Or you could stir 684 g of sucrose in water to dissolve the sugar, and then add enough water to bring the total volume of the solution up to 1 L.)

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

ten times as much (The pH scale is a base-10 logarithmic scale. The change from any pH value to the next smaller value represents a tenfold increase in the hydrogen ion concentration.)

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 (Heat of vaporization is the quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 g of it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state.)

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 specific heat of a substance is defined as the amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost to change the temperature of 1 g of that substance by 1°C.)

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 (Because oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen, electrons of the polar bond spend more time closer to the oxygen atom, resulting in a slight negative charge on the oxygen atom and slight positive charges on the hydrogen atoms.)