Biochemistry

Worksheet

1.) Atoms of the same element have:
a) The same number of neutrons b) The same number of protons
c) The same mass d) The same weight

2.) How many electrons are in the outer shell of atoms of the following elements?

O _______________ Cl______________________

H________________ Ca_____________________

3.) Based on the octet rule, which of the following molecules would be stable (may be more
than one)?

H-Br N-O Na-Cl C-B Mg-O

4.) Molecules are held together by:

a.) Covalent bonds b.) Ionic bonds c.) Hydrogen bonds d.) van der Waals forces

5.) Sucrose, or table sugar, easily dissolves in water. It would best be described as:

a.) Polar and Hydrophobic b) Polar and Hydrophilic
c) Non-polar and Hydrophobic d) Non-polar and Hydrophilic

6.) Saliva has an H+ concentration of 0.000001 M. What would its pH be? _____________________

7.) Baking soda has a pH of 9, Ammonia has a pH of 11.

Which has a higher concentration of H+ ions? ________________________
By what factor of 10 do these two substances differ in their H+ concentration? _______________


8.) Human beings are 50 – 60% water, and most life contains a high proportion of water
molecules. Which property of water makes it such a useful molecule to make up living
organisms? Explain way.











9.) You have an acid of pH 3, which you are slowly adding to a buffer solution. The starting pH
of the buffer is 5 and the buffering range of this buffer is 4.5 to 5.5. Which graph best
represents the way you would expect the pH of the buffer solution to change over time as you
continue to add more and more acid?

A.)

B.)

C.)
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Ununpentium (Uup) is an artificially created element, which can only exist for less than a
second under laboratory conditions. During its brief existence, how many protons does it have
if its atomic number is 115?



Uup is placed in the same column as Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) on the periodic table.
Despite being a much larger atom than N or P, what is one thing you would expect it to have in
common with these two elements?