BIOL 1201 : Biology Test 1
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Terminology : hypothesis: explanation/prediction, theory: things that have real validity to them, law: tested continuously and proven accurate they become laws. What is life: characteristics of living systems, organization, energy use, development, reproduction, evolve, respond to the environment. What determines solubility: like dissolves like, like in terms of polarity, polar solutes dissolve in polar solvents, non-polar solutes dissolve in non-polar solvents. Atom: smallest unit of matter separable by normal chemical means, the smallest unity of matter that retains all of the properties of that element. Atomic structure: neutrons have a mass of 1 dalton. Examples: li has the atomic of 3. What is the valence of li: answer: 1, carbon has the atom number 6. What is the valence of c: answer: 4, oxygen has the atomic number 8. What is the valence of o: answer: 2, sodium has the atomic number 11. What is the valence of na: answer: 1, phosphorous has an atomic number of 15.
