water, pH and buffers

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Approximately what percentage of body weight is water in men?
60%
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Approximately what percentage of body weight is water in women?
55%
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what causes the difference in water percentage between men and women?
fat content
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what did Charles darwin say about the origin of life?
life originated in a warm little pond
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what type of structure does water have?
Dipolar structure and bent structure( კუთხოვანი აგებულება)
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what is one property of water related to temperatur?
high boiling point
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what surface property of water is listed?
surface tension(ზედაპირული დაჭიმულობა)
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what type of bonds can water form?
hydrogen bonds
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how many hydrogen bonds can each molecule of water form?
4 per molecule of water
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what two roles can water have in hydrogen bonding?
H-bond donor and acceptor
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what does water's ability to act as an H-bond donor and acceptor allow?
the ability to solvate a wide range of organic and inorganic molecules. dipolar structure
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partial negative charge( δ–)
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why does oxygen have a partial negative charge?
it has high electron density ( ელექტრონების მაღალი სიმკვრივე, რაც ნოიშნავს რომ ის არის მაღალი ელექტროუარყოფითობის მქონე ელემენტი)
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what partial charge do hydrogen atoms have ?
partial positive charges (δ+)
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why are hydrogen atoms partially positive?
H atoms are electron deficient( კოვალენტურად უკავშირდებიან უფრო მაღალი ელექტროუარყოფითობის მქონე ატომებს
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what is an electrical dipole?
a molecule with electrical charge distributed asymmetrically about its structure, Hydrogen bonds
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what atoms can water H interact with to form a hydrogen bond?
oxygen or nitrogen atoms(აზოტის ატომები)
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how are hydrogen bonds formed between water molecules?
hydrogen atoms of a water molecule are attracted by the oxygen atoms of other water molecules
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what is required to break hydrogen bonds in water?
heating the water to 100 degreec Celsius
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what is cumulative effect of many hydrogen bonds equivalent to? ( რისი ტოლფასია მრავალი წყალბადური ბმის ჯამური ეფექტი)
the stabilizing effect of covalent bonds
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what is half-life of hydrogen bonds in water? ( რა არის წყალში წყალბადური ბმბების ნახევრადდაშლის პერიოდი)
a few picoseconds
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how much energy is required to rupture(გასაწყვეტად) a hydrogen bond in liquid water?
about 4.5 kcal/mol
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how does the energy required to repture a hydrogen bond compare with that required to repture a covalent O-H bond ?
it is less than 5% of the energy required to repture a covalent O-H bond.
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what is enables water to dissolve many organic biomolecules?
hydrogen bonding
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what types of biomolecules can be dissolved by water through hydrogen bonding?
organic biomolecules containing(შეიცავს) functional groups that can be participate in hydrogen bonding.
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what do oxygen atoms of aldehydes, ketones and amides provide?
lone pairs of electrons that can serve as hydrogen acceptors
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what part of water attracts(იზიდავს) cations?
the oxygen atom
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what part of water attracts anions
the hydrogen atoms
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what type of interactions are formed between ions and water?
ion-dipole interactions
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what do ion-dipole interactions keep in solution?
the components of soluble salts
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what example of a soluble salt is given?
sodium (Na) chloride (table salt)
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what percentage of body water is in plasma ?
only 8%
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approximately(დაახლოებით) what percentage(პროცენტი) of water is in intercellular fluid (ICF)?
66%
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approximately(დაახლოებით) what percentage(პროცენტი) of water is in extracellular fluid (ECF)?
33%
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what inorganic cations are mentioned in body fluids?
sodium(Na) and potassium(K)
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what inorganic anions are mentioned in body fluids?
chloride and phosphate
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what is ionic composition of extracellular fluid similar to?
seawater
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under normal circumstances (გარემოებები), what happens to water taken into and lost from the body?
the amounts are equal over a period of time
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approximately how much water is filtered by the kidneys every 24 hours?
about 170 L
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what happens to almost all of the water filtered by the kidneys ?
almost all is reabsorbed
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what is minimum volume of urine (შარდი) necessary for normal excretion of waste products in adults?
about 500 mL/24h
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diet and oxydative metabolism (ჟანგვითი მეტაბოლიზმი)
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kidneys, skin, lungs, and gut (ნაწლავი)
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Amphipathic (or amphiphilic) molecules are chemical compounds that possess both hydrophilic (water-attracting / polar) and hydrophobic (water-repelling / nonpolar) regions within the same structure.

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give examples of amphiphilic molecules listed in the prsentation
phospholipids. fatty acids, cholesterol, and glycolicids
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what is the tendency described as a hydrophobic interaction?
the tendency of non polar compounds to self-associate in an aqueous environment
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what do nonpolar molecules from in an aqueous environment?
droplets
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what do non polar molecules from droplets(წვეთები)?
to minimize exposed surface area and minimize contact with water
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what are salt bridges ?
electrostatic interactions between oppositely charged groups within or between biomolecules
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how do salt bridges compare with hydrogen bonds?
they are comparable in strength to hydrogen bonds but act over larger distances
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what is pH scale based on?
the concentration of H ions
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what is pH of pure water?
7
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what pH indicate in acidic solution?
less then 7
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what pH indicates a basic solution?
more then 7
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what does pH mean?
pH stands for "potential of Hydrogen." It measures how acidic or basic (alkaline) a water-based solution is on a scale from 0 to 14.
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what happens to H+ concentration when pH is low?
H+ concentration is high
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what happens to H+ concentration when pH is high?
H+ concentration is low
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