BSCI170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organic Compound, Aldehyde, Protein Structure
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Adhesion is water sticking to anything else. Ph is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions on a log scale. Another important property of water is that it forms certain amounts of h+ and. Neutral ph = ph 7 = 10^7 mol/l h+ The more h+ you add the more acidic the solution becomes. Cancer is a problem with this because cells stray away from the group and go into place there not or do things they are not suppose to do. Which is why we need a bunch of molecules. Which is why it needs many molecules and diverse molecules. So what is so special about carbon that it can meet the demands of life so well: valence, carbone has 4 unpaired valence electrons i. This, inturn, allows for maximum potential for diversity: orbitals avoid each other, tetrahedral shapes, creates geometric variation. A large diversity of organic molecules can be created by variation in the carbon backbone.
