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The unbonded chlorine atom has 17 electrons. Therefore, chlorine must have 17 protons and an atomic number of 17.
Chemical reactions progress at a faster rate when the reacting particles are present in higher numbers. Catalysts increase the rate of chemical reactions, sometimes while undergoing reversible changes in shape. Chemical reactions proceed more quickly at higher temperatures.
The three atoms shown represent three unique
The three atoms each contain different numbers of protons and are therefore
Which of the following is NOT a way to distinguish an acid from a base?
elements.
When tasting a basic substance, it will have a bitter taste. When tasting an acidic substance, it will have a sour taste. A basic substance will have a slippery feel
A 65-year-old patient came to the emergency room with complaints of severe heartburn unrelieved by taking a "large handful" of antacids. Would you expect the pH to be relatively high, low, or normal for the patient's stomach contents, and why?
The pH would be high. Antacids are basic, and too many antacids would result in a relatively alkaline state.
Hydrogen gets a slight positive charge from the unequal sharing of electrons in polar covalent bonds, and it bonds to another atom with a slightly negative charge, again resulting from unequal electron sharing due to a polar covalent bond.
In covalent bonds, electrons are shared between atoms; in ionic bonds electrons are lost or gained; but hydrogen bonds are not true chemical bonds—they are weak attractions due to slight electrical imbalances. No electrons are directly involved.
Because hydrogen bonds are not true bonds, they do not always join atoms together within a single molecule. In water, for example, hydrogen bonds link water molecules together. This is referred to as an intermolecular attraction—it is between different atoms.
Hydrogen bonds occur when there are polar covalent molecules present, but hydrogen atoms join with each other through nonpolar covalent bonds.
The attraction between the slightly negative oxygen atom of one molecule and the slightly positively charged hydrogen atom within a separate water molecule is the basis of hydrogen bond formation.
reactions require less activation energy and therefore are initiated with a lower input of energy. This activation energy represents the energy necessary for driving the early stages of the reaction: creating contact between properly oriented substrates, breaking original bonds, and so on.
Enzyme-catalyzed
Nearly all known elements have two or more structural variations called , which have the same number of protons and electrons, but differ in the number of neutrons they contain.
isotopes
A decomposition reaction occurs when a larger molecule is broken down into smaller molecules or its constituent atoms.
are highly electronegative and pull electrons away from the electropositive hydrogen atom
Oxygen atoms
Which of the following best defines potential energy?
This process involves the breaking down of large complex molecules into smaller, simpler molecules and atoms.
Potential energy is stored energy, which has the capacity to do work, but is not presently doing so.
decomposition
When atoms or molecules combine to form larger, more complex molecules, the process is known as
processes involve both building larger molecules and breaking down others.
Anabolism
Exchange
form between two atoms when one atom donates an electron to the other atom.
Ionic bonds