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AP Biology Name _________________________  Chapter 3 Guided Reading Assignment

This chapter is a review from your previous biology class – these concepts are critical

and repeated throughout the year. If you have not covered this material previously orneed additional assistance with the concepts please schedule time to see me.

1. hy is water considered a polar molecule!

". #or each of the below listed properties of water – briefly define the property andthen e$plain how water%s polar nature and polar covalent bonds contribute to thewater special property. Include an e$ample in nature of each property also.a. &ohesion

b. Adhesion

c. Surface tension

d. 'igh specific heat

e. 'eat of vapori(ation

f. )vaporative cooling

*. hat is special about water and density!

+. ,efine the following terms-a. Solute

b. Solvent

c. Aueous solution

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d. 'ydrophilic

e. 'ydrophobic

f. &olloid

g. 'ydration shell

h. Molarity

0. Label the diagram below to demonstrate the dissociation of the water moleculeand then relate this diagram to p'.

 

. hat defines an acid and a base!

2. hy are 3apparently4 small changes in p' so important in biology!

5. hat is a buffer and write and e$plain the carbonic acid buffer system in humanblood – yes we are bac6 to the euation A7AI89

:. hat is acid precipitation and why is it important to living organisms!

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