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What is chemistry?
What is chemistry?
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
What does chemistry study?
What does chemistry study?
Chemistry studies the elements that make up matter, as well as the compounds made of atoms, molecules, and ions.
What does chemistry explain?
What does chemistry explain?
Chemistry explains aspects of plant growth, the formation of rocks, the formation of atmospheric ozone, the degradation of environmental pollutants, the properties of soil on the moon, how medications work, and how to collect DNA.
Why is chemistry sometimes called the central science?
Why is chemistry sometimes called the central science?
What is the relationship between chemistry, physics, and biology?
What is the relationship between chemistry, physics, and biology?
Which of the following is true about enzymes' sensitivity to pH changes?
Which of the following is true about enzymes' sensitivity to pH changes?
Where are enzymes that function in the stomach usually found?
Where are enzymes that function in the stomach usually found?
Why are some digestive enzymes produced as inactive zymogens in the pancreas?
Why are some digestive enzymes produced as inactive zymogens in the pancreas?
What happens when an infection or injury occurs in the pancreas?
What happens when an infection or injury occurs in the pancreas?
Why are special proteins needed to dilute the effects of strong acids and bases?
Why are special proteins needed to dilute the effects of strong acids and bases?
