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Bio chapter 2 and 3
section 2.1 and 2.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an atom | Smallest basic unit of matter |
| What is an element | One particular type of atom |
| What is a compound | Substance made of atoms of different elements bonded together in a certain ratio |
| What is an ion | Atom that gained or lost one or more electrons |
| What are one of the properties of water | High polarity |
| What is a hydrogen bond | Attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen and a slightly negative atom |
| What is an acid | Compound that releases a proton, hydrogen when it dissolves in water |
| What is a base | Compound that remove ions from a solution |
| What's cohesion | Attraction among molecules of a substance |
| What's adhesion | Attraction among molecules of different substances |
| What is a Ph scale | Measures how acidic or basic a substance is |
| Can an element be broken down | no |
| What charge does an electron have | negative |
| What charge does a proton have | positive |
| What charge does a neutron have | neutral/none |