BIO 111 Study Objectives for Chapter 3

  1. What are at least five characteristics of water that make it important for life?
  2. What is specific heat? Calorie? Kilocalorie? Celsius scale?
  3. What is heat of vaporization?
  4. What is meant by hydrophilic? Hydrophobic?
  5. What is meant by cohesion? Adhesion?
  6. What is a solvent? Solute? Solution?
  7. What does the pH scale actually represent?
  8. Why are buffers important in living systems?
  9. Be able to define an acid and a base, also be able to look at a molecular formula and determine if it is an acid or a base.
  10. Describe the acid precipitation problem.