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Mastering Biology Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Atoms with the same number of protons but with different electrical charges _____.

are different ions

In salt, what is the nature of the bond between sodium and chlorine?

ionic

What is the result of the animated process?

a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chlorine ion

An ionic bond involves _____.

<p>an attraction between ions of opposite charge</p> Signup and view all the answers

The brackets are indicating a(n) _____ bond.

<p>hydrogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

What name is given to the bond between water molecules?

<p>hydrogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

A carbon atom and a hydrogen atom form what type of bond in a molecule?

<p>nonpolar covalent bond</p> Signup and view all the answers

An ionic bond is formed when _____.

<p>one atom transfers an electron to another atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hydrogen bonding is most often seen _____.

<p>when hydrogen is covalently bonded to an electronegative atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

A cation with two units of charge has 10 neutrons and 8 protons. The ion also has...?

<p>6 electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is true of the molecule shown here?

<p>It's both a cation and an anion</p> Signup and view all the answers

The atoms shown here will become ions if they meet because...?

<p>atoms tend to avoid having a partly filled valence shell</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Ions may form by transferring an atomic nucleus (with or without electrons) to another molecule.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

When chemists and biologists want to show how atoms are bonded in a molecule, they usually use a...

<p>structural formula</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the term trace element, what does the adjective trace mean?

<p>The element is required in very small amounts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Compared with 31P, what does the radioactive isotope 32P have?

<p>One more neutron.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes the reactivity of an atom?

<p>The existence of unpaired electrons in the valence shell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is true of all atoms that are anions?

<p>The atom has more electrons than protons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What describes any chemical reaction that has reached equilibrium?

<p>The rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can we represent atoms using protons, neutrons, and electrons?

<p>We use notation like 2p+, 2n0, 2e- for helium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Based on the number of valence electrons, what is the molecular formula of the compound formed by sulfur and hydrogen?

<p>H2S.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What coefficients must be placed in the following equation: C6H12O6 → _____ C2H6O + _____ CO2?

<p>2; 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

What bonds can form between atoms of equal electronegativity?

<p>Van der Waals interactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term electron orbital describe?

<p>A three-dimensional space where an electron can be found 90% of the time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement about the relative potential energy of electrons is correct?

<p>An electron in the 3p orbital has more potential energy than in the 2p orbital.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is true about weak bonds?

<p>Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when two atoms form a chemical bond?

<p>They transfer or share outer electrons to complete their outer shells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are undersea deposits that contain metals such as copper, gold, and silver collectively known as?

<p>Massive sulfides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What discovery led to a drastic change in deep-sea mining?

<p>Black smokers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where would likely be the best place to look for deep sea metal deposits?

<p>Near volcanic fissures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is true about ores found in seabeds?

<p>They often have substantially higher purities than those found on land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where should a mining company looking to export metals to the country that consumes the most copper and gold target?

<p>China.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match these prefixes, suffixes, and word roots with their definitions:

<p>co- = with or together with non- = not ios- = equal poly- = many quad- (or quat-) = four anti- = against di- = two prim- = first mono- = single tri- = three</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match these prefixes, suffixes, and word roots with their definitions:

<p>proto- = first hydro- = water neutr- = of neither gender or type lip- = fat -phob = to fear -lysis = loosening, split apart ad- = to -phil = to love de- = from, out of, remove</p> Signup and view all the answers

A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by ordinary chemical procedures is a(n) _____.

<p>Element.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a trace element required by most living organisms?

<p>Magnesium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What accounts for the high percentage of oxygen (65.0%) in the human body?

<p>The human body is made up mainly of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which four elements make up approximately 96 percent of living matter?

<p>Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which trace element is required by humans and other vertebrates but not by other organisms?

<p>Iodine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

All life requires the same essential elements.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are compounds?

<p>H2O and CH4, but not O2.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mass number of an ion with 109 electrons, 159 neutrons, and a +1 charge?

<ol start="269"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

Match each property to the appropriate subatomic particle:

<p>Proton = Symbol P, +1 charge Neutron = Symbol N, 0 charge Electron = Symbol e, -1 charge</p> Signup and view all the answers

Sort the subatomic particles according to their masses:

<p>mass of ~1 amu = Neutron &amp; Proton mass of ~1/2000 = Electron</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the atomic number of an atom with 6 protons?

<ol start="6"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to atoms with the same atomic number but different atomic masses?

<p>Isotopes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fluorine's atomic number is 9 and its atomic mass is 19. How many neutrons does fluorine have?

<ol start="10"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

An uncharged atom of boron has an atomic number of 5 and an atomic mass of 11. How many protons does boron have?

<ol start="5"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

The innermost electron shell of an atom can hold up to _____ electrons.

<ol start="2"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

In an uncharged atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the types of chemical reactions an atom participates in?

<p>The number of electrons in the outermost electron shell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which subatomic particle always has a positive charge?

<p>Proton.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Changing the number of _____ would change an atom into an atom of a different element.

<p>Protons in an atom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The atoms of different phosphorus isotopes _____.

<p>Have different numbers of neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The type of bonding and the number of covalent bonds an atom can form are determined by _____.

<p>The number of unpaired electrons in the valence shell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mass number of an atom if its atomic number is 7 and it has 8 neutrons?

<ol start="15"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is true of atoms?

<p>Electrons determine the atom's size.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Dr. Jones claims an atom has 3 electrons in the first shell. What should someone tell Dr. Jones?

<p>The first shell shouldn't have 3 electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is true of the energy levels of electrons in shells?

<p>The valence shell has higher energy than other occupied shells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is true of the atom shown in the diagram?

<p>The atom has more than one valence electron.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Two atoms always represent the same element if they have _____.

<p>The same number of protons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

An atom has 6 electrons, 6 protons, and 6 neutrons. You can tell that this atom belongs to the element _____ because _____________________.

<p>C; it has 6 protons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

An atom has 8 protons, 8 neutrons, and 8 electrons. Another isotope of the same element might have _____.

<p>10 neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Radioactive decay is likely to occur when...

<p>An atom has too many neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What model most accurately represents the current view of the structure of the atom?

<p>Probability model.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement explains why chemists assign atoms to chemical elements by counting protons?

<p>Elements are defined by the number of protons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many half-lives correspond to the fraction 1/2?

<ol> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What represents the fraction of isotope remaining in a fossil at 10 half-lives?

<p>1/1024.</p> Signup and view all the answers

To calibrate the x-axis for 14C decay, how many years make up 5 half-lives?

<p>28,650 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

If the Neanderthal fossil has approximately 7.80 × 10^-3 of 14C, how many half-lives have passed since the Neanderthal died?

<p>7 half-lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Using the 14C calibration, what is the approximate age of the Neanderthal fossil?

<p>40,110 years old.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Neanderthals become extinct at this location according to the study?

<p>40,110 years ago or less.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the evidence suggest about the overlap of Neanderthals and modern humans in the region?

<p>They may have lived in the same region for up to approximately 2,000 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can 14C be used to date dinosaur bones?

<p>No.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Could radioactive uranium-235 be used to date dinosaur fossils?

<p>Yes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Knowing the atomic mass of an element allows inferences about what?

<p>The number of protons plus neutrons in the element.</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way are elements in the same column of the periodic table similar?

<p>They have the same number of electrons in their valence shells when neutral.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Molybdenum has an atomic number of 42. What can be true about molybdenum atoms?

<p>Molybdenum atoms can have between 50 and 58 neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the average atomic mass of carbon slightly more than 12 daltons?

<p>Some carbon atoms in nature have more neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What describes the relationship between Atom 1 (1H1) and Atom 2 (3H1)?

<p>They are isotopes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Nitrogen-15 has a greater mass number than nitrogen-14 because its atomic nucleus contains what?

<p>8 neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

From its atomic number of 15, what can be predicted about the phosphorus atom?

<p>It has 15 protons and 15 electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many neutrons are present in a phosphorus-32 (32P) atom?

<ol start="17"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

How many electrons will a single atom of sulfur with no charge and no bonds have in its valence shell?

<ol start="6"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

Which element exhibits chemical behavior most like that of oxygen?

<p>Sulfur.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which atom would most likely form a cation with a charge of +1?

<p>The atom with 1st shell: two e-, 2nd shell: one e-.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which atom would most likely form an anion with a charge of -1?

<p>The atom with 1st shell: two e-, 2nd shell: seven e-.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the atomic mass of an oxygen atom if it commonly has a mass number of 16?

<p>Approximately 16 daltons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

If you change the number of neutrons in an atom, what do you create?

<p>An isotope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The atomic mass of an element can vary.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the best description of an atom's physical structure?

<p>Atoms are little bubbles of space with mass concentrated at the center.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bond is joining the two hydrogen atoms?

<p>Covalent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

A(n) _____ refers to two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.

<p>Molecule.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many single covalent bond(s) can this atom form?

<ol start="4"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bond joins the two oxygen atoms?

<p>Double covalent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which figure correctly illustrates the nature of the bonding of H2O?

<p>O has 4 electrons bonded to 2 H atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Atomic Structure and Isotopes

  • Trace elements are necessary in minimal quantities for biological functions.
  • Isotope notation includes protons, neutrons, and electrons (e.g., 18O isotope: 8 protons, 10 neutrons, 8 electrons).
  • Atomic number indicates the number of protons in an atom, e.g., sulfur's atomic number is 16.

Chemical Bonds and Reactions

  • Chemical reactivity is influenced by unpaired electrons in an atom's valence shell.
  • Covalent bonds form when atoms share electrons; the type of bonding depends on the number of unpaired electrons.
  • Anions possess more electrons than protons, while cations have fewer electrons.

Equilibrium and Chemical Reactions

  • At chemical equilibrium, the forward and reverse reaction rates are equal.
  • Coefficients in balancing equations indicate the conservation of atoms in a reaction.

Elements and Compounds

  • Elements cannot be broken down into simpler substances; compounds consist of two or more elements combined chemically.
  • Four elements (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen) make up about 96% of living matter.
  • Magnesium and iodine are examples of trace elements that are essential for living organisms.

Radioactive Isotopes and Dating

  • Carbon-14 can be used for dating organic materials up to 75,000 years old; its half-life is 5,730 years.
  • Other isotopes, like uranium-235, can date much older fossils due to a longer half-life.
  • The proportion of 14C in fossils decreases over time, allowing age estimation based on remaining fractions.

Electron Configuration

  • Electrons are organized into shells around the nucleus, with the first shell holding a maximum of 2 electrons.
  • Valence electrons determine an atom's bonding characteristics and reactivity.
  • An atom can have different charges based on electron loss or gain.

Ionic and Covalent Bonds

  • Ionic bonds result from the transfer of electrons between atoms, creating charged ions.
  • Covalent bonds involve shared electrons; single covalent bonds share two electrons, while double bonds share four.
  • Hydrogen bonds occur between polar molecules, particularly those containing hydrogen bonded to electronegative atoms.

Subatomic Particles

  • Protons have a positive charge; neutrons are neutral; electrons have a negative charge.
  • The mass number is the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
  • Nuclear structure influences the stability and reactivity of an atom.

Miscellaneous Facts

  • The most stable charge for magnesium ions is +2.
  • An atom's behavior is heavily influenced by its electron cloud and arrangement of electrons.
  • Molecular structures can be represented using structural formulas to show how atoms bond together.

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