Molecular Force Microscopy

Which scientific law states that energy is conserved and cannot be created or destroyed?

What is the branch of science that deals with the exchange of energy?

What is the mechanical motion of the apparatus churning the water described as?

Which type of system has no exchange of matter or energy with the surroundings?

What is the term used to describe the specific part of the universe on which we choose to focus?

Which type of system can exchange energy but not matter with the surroundings?

What is the term used to describe the part of the universe that is not the system?

According to the text, what is the combined quantity called that is conserved in the laws of mass and energy?

What does the Second Law of Thermodynamics deal with?

What does the Third Law of Thermodynamics state about the entropy of systems?

What do the laws of thermodynamics explain in biology?

Which technology made it possible to reproduce Robert Hooke's experiments on springs using biological molecules?

What is the purpose of tethering one end of a biological molecule to a surface and the other end to a movable object in molecular force microscopy?

Which biomolecule has a comparatively simple force-extension curve?

What is the work done in kJ/mol in stretching a base-pair length of DNA by 70%?

Which unit is used to measure work and energy in the Système International (SI)?

What is the unit of force in the Système International (SI)?

What is the formula for the force due to the gravitational attraction of the Earth on mass m?

What is the standard gravity adopted by scientists?

Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between external pressure and work done on the system?

What is the relationship between external pressure (pex) and external force (Fex)?

What is the term commonly used to describe the work associated with a change in the volume of the system?