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Ap Biology Chapter 3 Water and Life Flashcards

Ap* Edition Campbell biology Ninth Edition

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871328808Lawrence Hendersonauthor of The Fitness of the Environment, Talks about water0
871328809POLAR COVALENT BONDSone atom being more electronegative then anouther1
871328810POLAR MOLECULESthe overall charge in unevenly distributed2
871328811COHESIONwhen a substance is held together (water is with hydrogen bonds)3
871328812ADHESIONthe clinging of one substance to another4
871328813SURFACE TENSIONhow difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid5
871328814KINETIC ENERGYthee energy of motion6
871328815HEATa form of energy, due to motion of molecules, depends of mass/volume7
871328816TEMPERATUREmeeasure of heat instensnity that represent the average kinetic energy regardles of volume8
871328817CELSIUS SCALEscale of temperature (0 = water freezing, 100 = water boiling, 37 = body temp, 20-25 room temp)9
871328818CALORIE (CAL)the amount of heat it take to raise 1 g of water by 1C10
871328819JOULEone joule = 0.239 cal11
871328820SPECIFIC HEATthe amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 g of that substant to change in temp by 1C12
871328821HEAT OF VAPORIZATIONthe quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1g to be converted form the liquid to a gasseous state13
871328822EVAPORATIVE COOLINGAs a liquid exaporates the surface of the liquid that remain cools beacues the hottest of the molecuels left14
871328823Susan Solomoninterviewee at begin of unit is concerned about the iceburgs dissapearing15
871328824SOLUTIONWhen a liquid is homogenouse mixture of two or more substances (sugar water)16
871328825SOVLENTthe disolving agent (water)17
871328826SOLUTEthe substance that gets dissolved18
871328827AQUEOUS SOLUTIONa solution in which water is the solvent19
871328828HYDRATION SHELLthe sphere of water molecules around each dissolved ion20
871328829HYDROPHILICany substance htat has an affinity for water21
871328830COLLOIDa stable suspension of fine particles22
871328831HYDROPHOBICsubstances that are nonionic and nonpolar (vegie oil)23
871328832MOLECULAR MASSthe summ of the masses of all the atoms in a molecule24
871328833MOLE (MOL)exact number of objects (6.02 X 10^23)25
871328834MOLARITYthe number of moles of solute per liter of solution26
871328835HYDROGEN IONa single proton with a 1+ charge27
871328836HYDROXIDE IONOH- (water without a proton)28
871328837HYDRONIUM IONH30+ (water with a hydrogen ion)29
871328838ACIDA substance that increase the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution30
871328839BASEA substance reduces the hydrogen ion concentration31
871328840pHthe negative logarith of hydrogen ions32
871328841BUFFERSsubstance that mimimizes the change in the concentration of H or OH33
871328842OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONwhen something causes the ocean to acidfiy34
871328843ACID PRECIPITATIONrefers to rain, snow or fog with a pH lower then 5.235

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