Pregunta 1
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What are the four types of atoms that make up 96% of all matter found in organisms?
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hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
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hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and sulfur
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hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus
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hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur
Pregunta 2
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What types of molecules have hydrophilic interactions?
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polar
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non polar
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ionic
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polar and ionic
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non polar and ionic
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all of the above
Pregunta 3
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Why is it that diving bell spiders do not drown when on water?
Pregunta 4
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Which has greater potential energy?
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short bonds like that found in a hydroxyl group
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strong bonds
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long bonds like that found between carbon and hydrogen
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weak bonds
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short bonds like that found in a hydroxyl group and strong bonds
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long bonds like that found between carbon and hydrogen and weak bonds
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all of the above
Pregunta 5
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Organic molecules means...
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molecules that contain carbon
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octane
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molecules that contain water
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molecules that contain carbon and octane
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all of the above
Pregunta 6
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How amino acids make up the building blocks of proteins?
Pregunta 7
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What makes proteins different from one another
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hydrophilic interactions
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R-groups
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amino group
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carboxyl group
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amino and carboxyl group
Pregunta 8
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Monomers polymerize through...
Pregunta 9
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What are the three main components of a peptide-bonded backbone?
Pregunta 10
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What is the secondary structure of proteins?
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the unique sequence of amino acids
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combinations of polypeptides
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interactions between residues that are brought together as the chain bends and folds in space
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created by the interactions between functional groups
Pregunta 11
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Molecular chaperones do the following...
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denatures proteins
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facilitate protein folding
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recognize unfolded proteins by binding to hydrophobic patches that are not normally exposed
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unfolds proteins
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denatures proteins and unfolds proteins
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facilitate protein folding and recognize unfolded proteins by binding to hydrophobic patches that are not normally exposed
Pregunta 12
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Which of the following describes enzymes?
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"lock and key"
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catalyze reactions
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all of the above
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none of the above
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Fischer's model
Pregunta 13
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Which of the following describes the sugar present in a nucleotide?
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4' carbon sugar
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6' carbon sugar
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5' carbon sugar
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none of the above
Pregunta 14
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Which of the following are pyrimidines?
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cytosine
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uracil
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adenine
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guanine
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cytosine and uracil
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adenine and cytosine
Pregunta 15
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Which term describes the bond that polymerizes nucleic acids?
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glycosidic linkages
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peptide bonds
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phosphodiester bonds
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none of the above
Pregunta 16
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Which of the following is not true of DNA?
Pregunta 17
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Which term describes this picture?
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polypeptide
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DNA
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RNA
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steroid
Pregunta 18
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Which of the following means "many-sugars?"
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monomers
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monosaccharides
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polysaccharides
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oligosaccharides
Pregunta 19
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Which of the following is a ketose?
Pregunta 20
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Which of the following describes the chemical structure of starch?
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contains alpha-glucose joined by glycosidic linkages
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amylose and amylopectin
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both alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkages and alpha 1,6 glycosidic linkages
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contains alpha-glucose joined by glycosidic linkages and both alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkages and alpha 1,6 glycosidic linkages
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all of the above
Pregunta 21
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Which of the following describes a glycoprotein?
Pregunta 22
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Highly unsaturated lipids are _____ at room temperature
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solid
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partially solid
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partially liquid
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liquid
Pregunta 23
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What is the commonality shared between micelles and lipid bilayers?
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They are both circular in formation
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They are both linear in formation
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Both have hydrophobic tails facing one another
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Both have hydrophobic heads facing one another
Pregunta 24
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Lipid bilayer with short and unsaturated hydrocarbon tails have...
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lower permeability
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lower fluidity
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higher permeability
Pregunta 25
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The following statement describes which: As water leaves, the vesicle shrinks and the membrane shrivels.
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hypotonic
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hypertonic
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isotonic
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none of the above
Pregunta 26
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Exergonic reactions have the following qualities...
Pregunta 27
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Phosphorylation is when...
Pregunta 28
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The following characteristics represent an "induced fit":
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reorients the substrates and bind them tighter to the active site
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conformational change of the active site
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when substrate and active site collide in precise orientation
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reorients the substrates and bind them tighter to the active site and conformational change of the active site
Pregunta 29
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Which of the following describes feedback inhibition?
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when the concentration of a product molecule becomes rare
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when the concentration of the product molecule becomes abundant
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"feeds back" to stop reaction sequence
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"feeds back" to stop product sequence
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when the concentration of the product molecule becomes abundant and "feeds back" to stop reaction sequence
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when the concentration of a product molecule becomes rare and "feeds back" to stop reaction sequence
Pregunta 30
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Which of the following does not occur during glycolysis?
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one five-molecule carbon molecule of glucose is broken down
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glucose is broken down into two molecules of three-carbon pyruvate
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NAD+ is reduced to form NADH
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ATP is produced from ADP and Pi
Pregunta 31
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Which of the following is not true about the citric acid cycle?
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each acetyl CoA is oxidized to two molecules of CO2
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each acetyl CoA is reduced to two molecules of CO2
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more ATP and NADH is produced
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FAD is reduced to form FADH2
Pregunta 32
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Lactic acid fermentation
Pregunta 33
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Protein conformation is generally not obtained until the
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primary level
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secondary level
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tertiary level
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quaternary level
Pregunta 34
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Which of the following hydrocarbons has a double bond in its carbon skeleton?
Pregunta 35
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Acids in solution
Pregunta 36
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The fact that lipids are high in potential energy is due to the
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multiple carbon to hydrogen bonds
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solubility of each glycerol molecule
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the number of oxygen to hydrogen bonds
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the number of oxygen to carbon bonds
Pregunta 37
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The amino group can functionally
Pregunta 38
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The chemical behavior of amino acids is primarily due to
Pregunta 39
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A triple bond between two atoms would involve the sharing of
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2 electrons
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3 electrons
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8 electrons
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6 electrons
Pregunta 40
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The monomers that construct primary proteins are
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simple sugars
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lipids
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amino acids
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polypeptides
Pregunta 41
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The atomic number of an atom is 12. The number of valence electrons is
Pregunta 42
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Tertiary structures are more rigid than secondary protein structures because
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the number and type of possible chemical bonds increases
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the bond length in hydrogen bonds increases
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the bond length in hydrogen bonds decreases
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the number and type of possible chemical bonds increases and the bond length in hydrogen bonds decreases
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none of the above would apply
Pregunta 43
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Most complex carbohydrates are constructed from
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amino acids
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lipids
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monosaccharides
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glycogen
Pregunta 44
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Enzymes can regulate/influence the amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to proceed
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by lowering the activation energy
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decreasing the randomness of molecular formation
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increasing the randomness of molecular formation
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by lowering the activation energy and decreasing the randomness of molecular formation
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by lowering the activation energy and increasing the randomness of molecular formation
Pregunta 45
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weak acids typically dissociate
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partially
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completely
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not at all
Pregunta 46
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monosaccharides stored in animals
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monosaccharides stored in plants
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polysaccharides stored in animals
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polysaccharides stored in plants
Pregunta 47
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the hydrophobic end of a protein would
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readily not dissolve in water
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readily dissolve in water
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make the solution acidic
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none of the above is true
Pregunta 48
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if the concentration of H+ ions and OH- ions in solution is equal, then the pH will be
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acidic
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neutral
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basic
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strongly acidic
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strongly basic
Pregunta 49
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The 5' --> 3' linear directionality of a DNA polymer is established
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when the 5' carbon and its phosphate group of a proceeding nucleotide attaches to the 3' carbon of the preceding nucleotide.
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only in the anti-parallel strand of DNA
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when the nitrogenous bases form hydrogen bonds
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none of the above are correct
Pregunta 50
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a pyruvate molecule contains
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1 carbon atom
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3 carbon atoms
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6 carbon atoms
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2 carbon atoms