Exam 2: Some Basic Chemistry

The waste product of cell respiration is:

An anion has:

Large changes in the pH of blood are prevented by chemicals called ____________________.

Which statement is NOT true of ionic bonds?

If body fluids are becoming too acidic,this means that there are excess ____ ions in the fluid.

A heavy metal ion may exert toxic effects by blocking the ____________________ of enzymes.

A reaction in which smaller molecules are bonded to form larger ones is called a:

Two elements that are necessary for cell respiration are:

The name for the water within cells is ____________________.

The pentose sugars are part of:

Which of the following statements are true of the functions of organic molecules? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

Which statement is NOT true of cell respiration?

An ionic bond is formed when:

The chemical formula for glucose is:

The term dissociation refers to:

For the elements potassium and phosphorus,the chemical symbols are ____________________ and ____________________.

The raw materials of cell respiration are ____________________ and ____________________.

The subunits of proteins are molecules called ____________________.

The undigested part of food that promotes peristalsis is:

A decrease in pH may disrupt the functioning of an enzyme because: