Exam 2: Some Basic Chemistry

The evaporation of sweat is a mechanism for the loss of ____________________.

Disulfide bonds help maintain the 3-D shape of ____________________.

The disaccharides are sugars that:

The accumulation of carbon dioxide will cause the ____________________ of body fluids to decrease.

Which of the following statements are true of water and its functions? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The active site of an enzyme:

An anion has:

Carbonic acid is a ____________________ acid that will only slightly ____________________ pH.

An ionic bond is formed when atoms gain or lose ____________________.

For people, the function of cellulose is to promote:

Disaccharides in the diet are digested and used for:

The sense of taste depends upon water as a:

A reaction in which small molecules are bonded to form a larger one is a ____________________ reaction.

The storage form for glucose in the liver is:

On the pH scale, bases are indicated by numbers:

Phospholipids are present in all human cells as part of ____________________.

A change in pH may disrupt enzyme functioning because H⁺ ions change the shape of the ____________________.

Which of these is an example of the lubricant function of water?

The transport of minerals in the blood depends on the ____________________ function of water.

The element that is part of the hormone thyroxine is: