Exploring Chemical Bonds

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Which type of chemical bond is formed through the sharing of electrons?

  • Hydrogen bond
  • Metallic bond
  • Covalent bond (correct)
  • Ionic bond

What is the term for the attractive force between oppositely charged ions in a chemical bond?

  • Quantum mechanical wavefunction interference
  • Electrostatic force (correct)
  • London dispersion force
  • Dipole-dipole interaction

Which theory includes orbital hybridization and resonance to describe chemical bonding?

  • Valence bond theory (correct)
  • Ligand field theory
  • VSEPR theory
  • Molecular orbital theory

Which type of chemical bond involves the transfer of electrons from one atom to another?

<p>Ionic bond (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a covalent bond between atoms?

<p>Formation of molecules (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bond is an extreme example of delocalization of electrons over a large system of covalent bonds?

<p>Metallic bond (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What gives organic molecular substances their soft bulk character and low melting points?

<p>Covalent bonds (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bonding is responsible for the malleability and electrical conductivity of metals?

<p>Metallic bonding (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the theory of chemical combination stressing the electronegative and electropositive characters of the combining atoms?

<p>Jöns Jakob Berzelius (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ernest Rutherford's 1911 discovery reveal about the nature of the atom?

<p>Atoms are composed of a nucleus surrounded by electrons (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the concept of electron-pair bonds, in which two atoms may share one to six electrons?

<p>Gilbert N. Lewis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord?

<p>Central nervous system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the autonomic nervous system?

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Which type of nerves transmit signals from the brain?

<p>Motor nerves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the enteric nervous system?

<p>Control the gastrointestinal system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which subsystem of the autonomic nervous system is activated when organisms are in a relaxed state?

<p>Parasympathetic nervous system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are nerves that exit from the cranium called?

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Which type of cell is responsible for sending signals in the form of electrochemical impulses to other cells?

<p>Neurons (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the thin fibers along which electrochemical impulses travel in neurons called?

<p>Axons (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of synapse involves the direct transmission of electrochemical impulses to neighboring cells?

<p>Electrical synapses (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the specialized cells in the nervous system that provide structural and metabolic support called?

<p>Glia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organisms have no nervous system at all?

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What is the medical specialty that studies disorders of the nervous system?

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Which type of cell in the nervous system is responsible for support and nutrition, as well as signal transmission?

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In which type of animals does the nervous system consist of a nerve net, a diffuse network of isolated cells?

<p>Radially symmetric animals (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of synapses in neurons?

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Which type of cell in the nervous system generates layers of myelin that provide electrical insulation?

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What is the major division of the vertebrate nervous system that consists of the brain and the spinal cord?

<p>Central nervous system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the tough, leathery outer layer that encloses and protects the central nervous system called?

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What is the collective term for the nervous system structures that do not lie within the central nervous system?

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Which type of cell in the nervous system serves as important resident immune cells within the central nervous system?

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