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Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test: Chemistry & Life
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Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test: Chemistry & Life
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1. Which of the following would be regarded as an organic molecule?
2. Sucrose is a ________.
3. The lower the pH, the higher the hydrogen ion concentration.
4. The fact that no chemical bonding occurs between the components of a mixture is the chief difference between mixtures and compounds.
5. What is a dipole?
6. Isotopes differ from each other only in the number of electrons contained.
7. All organic compounds contain carbon.
8. Select the most correct statement regarding nucleic acids.
9. What level of protein synthesis is represented by the coiling of the protein chain backbone into an alpha helix?
10. Atom X has 17 protons. How many electrons are in its valence shell?
11. Current information theorizes that omega-3 fatty acids decrease the risk of heart disease.
12. The atomic weight is only an average of relative weights of an atom and its isotopes, and it may vary from the weight of a specific isotope.
13. The single most abundant protein in the body is ________.
14. Choose the statement that is false or incorrect.
15. A solution that has a pH of 2 could best be described as being ________.
16. Which of the following is an example of a suspension?
17. A chemical reaction in which bonds are broken is usually associated with ________.
18. Select the statement about mixtures that is correct.
19. What happens in redox reactions?
20. Which of the following is not considered a factor in influencing a reaction?
21. ________ is fat soluble, produced in the skin on exposure to UV radiation, and necessary for normal bone growth and function.
22. Alpha particles, although relatively weak energy particles, are second only to smoking as a cause of lung cancer.
23. Which of the following is the major positive ion outside cells?
24. Carbohydrates and proteins are built up from their basic building blocks by the ________.
25. Emulsions and colloids are the same thing.