BIOLOGY 1201 EXAM 1 2026 ASSESSMENT
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◉ The brackets are indicating a(n) _____ bond.
Answer: hydrogen bond
◉ What name is given to the bond between water molecules?
Answer: hydrogen
◉ Which of these figures correctly illustrates the nature of the
bonding of H2O?
Answer:
◉ What type of bond joins the carbon atom to each of the hydrogen
atoms?
Answer: Single (nonpolar) covalent
◉ A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by
ordinary chemical procedures is a(n) _____.
Answer: element
,◉ Which of the following subatomic particles always has a positive
charge?
Answer: proton
◉ Changing the number of _____ would change an atom into an atom
of a different element.
Answer: protons
◉ Hydrogen bonding is most often seen _____.
Answer: when hydrogen is covalently bonded to an electronegative
atom
◉ Many of water's emergent properties, such as its cohesion, its high
specific heat, and its high heat of vaporization, result from the fact
that water molecules _____.
Answer: are attracted to each other by partial negative and positive
charges on the oxygen and hydrogen atoms, respectively
◉ Because organisms are made primarily of water, they resist rapid
temperature changes. This useful quality is based on water's _____.
Answer: High specific heat
◉ The smallest unit of an element that retains all of the properties of
that element is:
, Answer: an atom
◉ From its atomic number of 15, it is possible to predict that
phosphorus always has:
Answer: 15 protons
◉ An atom with the atomic number 9 will have _______ electrons in its
outermost electron shell
Answer: 7
◉ True or False, an atom with more neutrons than the atom
described in the question above will have a different valence.
Answer: False
◉ True or False, based on the atom described in the question above,
the valence of that atom is 1
Answer: False
◉ An atom with the atomic number 15 has a valence of?
Answer: 3
◉ An acid is a substance that _____
SCRIPT QUESTION BANK RESPONSES APLUS
◉ The brackets are indicating a(n) _____ bond.
Answer: hydrogen bond
◉ What name is given to the bond between water molecules?
Answer: hydrogen
◉ Which of these figures correctly illustrates the nature of the
bonding of H2O?
Answer:
◉ What type of bond joins the carbon atom to each of the hydrogen
atoms?
Answer: Single (nonpolar) covalent
◉ A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by
ordinary chemical procedures is a(n) _____.
Answer: element
,◉ Which of the following subatomic particles always has a positive
charge?
Answer: proton
◉ Changing the number of _____ would change an atom into an atom
of a different element.
Answer: protons
◉ Hydrogen bonding is most often seen _____.
Answer: when hydrogen is covalently bonded to an electronegative
atom
◉ Many of water's emergent properties, such as its cohesion, its high
specific heat, and its high heat of vaporization, result from the fact
that water molecules _____.
Answer: are attracted to each other by partial negative and positive
charges on the oxygen and hydrogen atoms, respectively
◉ Because organisms are made primarily of water, they resist rapid
temperature changes. This useful quality is based on water's _____.
Answer: High specific heat
◉ The smallest unit of an element that retains all of the properties of
that element is:
, Answer: an atom
◉ From its atomic number of 15, it is possible to predict that
phosphorus always has:
Answer: 15 protons
◉ An atom with the atomic number 9 will have _______ electrons in its
outermost electron shell
Answer: 7
◉ True or False, an atom with more neutrons than the atom
described in the question above will have a different valence.
Answer: False
◉ True or False, based on the atom described in the question above,
the valence of that atom is 1
Answer: False
◉ An atom with the atomic number 15 has a valence of?
Answer: 3
◉ An acid is a substance that _____
