Test Bank - for Biology Concepts and Applications 9th Edition by Cecie Starr Christine Evers Lisa Starr All Chapters 1-44 Complete Guide A+

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,1. Ingagsinglegmoleculegofgwater,gtwoghydrogengatomsgar
egbondedgtogagsinglegoxygengatomgby?
A. hydrogengbonds.
B. nonpolargcovalentgbonds.
C. polargcovalentgbonds.
D. ionicgbonds.
E. vangdergWaalsginteractions.

2. Ingaggroupgofgwatergmolecules,ghydrogengbondsgfor
mgbetween?

A. thegoxygengatomsgingdifferentgwatergmolecules
B. Twoghydrogengatomsgingdifferentgwatergmolecules
C. thegoxygengatomgingonegwatergmoleculegandg
aghydrogengatomginganothergwatergmolecule
D. theghydrogengatomsgingagsinglegwatergmolecule
E. NonegofgtheglistedgresponsesgisgCorrect

3. LifegongEarthgisgdependentgongallgthegpropertiesgofgwate
rgasgwellgasgthegabundancegofgwater.gWhichgpropertygof
gwatergisgprobablygmostgimportantgforgthegfunctioninggo

fgorganismsgatgthegmolecularglevel?
A.ghighgspecificgheat
B.gcohesiongandghighgsurfacegtensio
ngC.g versatilityg g asg g ag g solvent
g D.gexpansiongupongfreezing

E.ghighgheatgofgvaporization

4. Somegsubstances,gsuchgasgoilgandggasoline,gwillgno
tgdissolvegingwatergbecause?
A. oilgandggasolinegaregorganicgcompounds,
B. theirgmoleculesghavegnogchargesgorgpartialgchargesgt
ogwhichgwatergmoleculesgcangadhere
C. theirgelectronsgaregsogstablegthatgtheygdognotgexchang
egatomsgwithgwatergmolecules
D. theygdognotgionize
E. theirgmoleculesgaregsoglarge
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, 5. Thegpartialgchargesgongagwatergmoleculegoccurgbecaus
egof?
A. widespreadgionization
B. thegunequalgsharinggofgelectronsgbetweengtheghydro
gengandgthegoxygengatomsgofgagwatergmolecule
C. theghighgelectronegativitygofghydrogen
D. covalentgbonding
E. thegachievementgofgagstablegconfigurationgbygonegatomgofg
agbondgbutgnotgbygthegothergpartner

6. Watergmoleculesghaveg
thangmoleculesgofgsimila
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rgsize,gsuchgasgammoniagandgmethane,greflectinggitsgc
apacitygtogabsorbglargegamountsgofgheat.
A. lessgsurfacegtension
B. aghighergboilinggpoint
C. ag g lowerg g capacityg g forg g formingg
D.glowergspecificgheatghydrogengbonds
E.gaglowergmeltinggpoint

7. Mostgofgwater'sguniquegfeaturesg(forgexample,gitsgversa
tilitygasgagsolvent,gabilitygtogmoderategtemperature,gand
gcohesivegbehavior)gresultgfromgthegfactgthat?


A. hydrogengisgthegonlygelementgwithoutganygneutrons.
B. oxygengattractsgelectronsgmoregthanghydrogengdoes.
C. oxygenghasgonlygonegstablegisotope,gbutghydrogengha
sgthree.
D. oxygenghasgtwogunfilledgelectrongshells.
E. MoregthangonegofgthegabovegisgCorrect.




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