1) ATOMS, WATER AND MOLECULES
a) Approaches to investigating life are guided by what ?
b) An attractive force that link 2 atoms together in a molecule is called?
c) Which chemical bond is the strongest and involves the sharing of cletrons?
d) Which bonds are explained by the sharing of an hydrogen atom?
e) what does it mean if a molecule is hydrophilic? Hydrophobic?
f) What atoms, and how many of them, make up water?
g) Differentiate between a solute, a solvent, and a solution?
1) ATOMS, WATER AND MOLECULES
a) Approaches to investigating life are guided by what ?
b) An attractive force that link 2 atoms together in a molecule is called?
c) Which chemical bond is the strongest and involves the sharing of cletrons?
d) Which bonds are explained by the sharing of an hydrogen atom?
e) what does it mean if a molecule is hydrophilic? Hydrophobic?
f) What atoms, and how many of them, make up water?
g) Differentiate between a solute, a solvent, and a solution?
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