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What make water polar?
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The unequal sharing of electrons between oxygen and hydrogen atoms
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What are two enviromental factors of hydrogen bonding?
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Surface tension
water transport in plants |
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Define hydrophilic and hydrophobic
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hydrophilic is polar
hydrophobic is nonpolar |
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Define Carbon
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very versatile
4 bonding possibilities bonds easily w other carbon atoms single double and triple bonds form large+ diverse compounds |
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What is a polymer?
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Individual units(monomers) covalently linker together in a chain-DNA and RNA are polymers of nucleotides
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What is Sickle Cell Anemia caused from?
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a single base substitution which change the tertiary structure of hemoglobin
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What makes lipids Amphipathic?
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The have a polar head(hydrophilic) and a nonpolar tail(hydrophobic)
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