Review of Basic Chemistry for Biology

Front

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

Back

Adhesion

Front

If the number of protons equals the number of _____, the atom will have no charge.

Back

Electrons

Front

What are ions?

Back

Atoms with a positive or negative charge.

Front

What is a pure substance made of a single type of atom that cannot be broken down?

Back

Element

Front

True or False: Surface tension of water is the cohesive force between water molecules and other molecules.

Back

False

Front

What is the term for the attraction between water molecules?

Back

Cohesion

Front

What is the term for the movement of water through a narrow space against gravity?

Back

Capillary action

Front

What is a substance made of two or more different types of atoms bonded together?

Back

Compound

Front

What is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?

Back

Atom

Front

What is the center of an atom called, containing protons and neutrons?

Back

Nucleus