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1) Ammonium chloride - answer nh₄cl
2) Magnesium chloride - answer mgcl₂
3) Iron(iii) chlorate - answer fe(clo₃)₃
4) Carbon dioxide - answer co₂
5) Dihydrogen monoxide - answer h₂o
6) Dinitrogen tetroxide - answer n₂o₄
7) Dinitrogen trioxide - answer n₂o₃
8) Nitrogen trioxide - answer no₃
9) Sodium chloride - answer nacl
10) How many protons and electrons are in a mg^2+cation? - answer 12p, 10e
,11) Sodium ______ one electron to become a +1 cation. - answer loses. Let's go ahead and
see why this makes sense. Sodium is element #11. A neutral sodium atom has 11 protons
and 11 electrons. If the number of protons changes, then it wouldn't be sodium any longer.
By losing one electron, the overall charge becomes (+11) + (−10) = +1. Na→ na^++ e−
12) How many protons and electrons are in an o2−anion? - answer 8p, 10e
13) How many protons and electrons are in an n 3−anion? - answer 7p, 10e
14) The following ions represent an isoelectronic series: all have the same number of electrons.
Rank the ions in order of decreasing electronic charge. - answer fluorine with 10e
Oxygen with 10e
Nitrogen with 10e
15) Match each property about atoms with the phrase describing the fundamental source.
Element identity - answer protons
16) Match each property about atoms with the phrase describing the fundamental source.
Ions - answer electrons
17) Place the number of neutrons next to the correct isotope.
13c - answer 7n
18) Place the number of neutrons next to the correct isotope.
12c - answer 6n
19) Place the number of neutrons next to the correct isotope.
14c - answer 8n
20) Rank the following isotopes in order of increasing number of neutrons. - answer 2h
81br
238u
21) Label each property of silicon as metallic or nonmetallic. Lustrous - answer metallic
,22) Bromine has two naturally occurring isotopes,
79br and 81br.
79br has an exact mass of 78.9183371 amu and is 50.69% abundant. Calculate the exact
isotope mass of
81br. Do not enter the units of amu. - answer 80.91
23) Label each property of silicon as metallic or nonmetallic. Brittle - answer nonmetallic
24) Label each property of silicon as metallic or nonmetallic. Good conductor - answer
metallic
25) Label each property of silicon as metallic or nonmetallic. High melting point - answer
metallic
26) What is the chemical symbol of the element located in the 2nd period that naturally occurs
as a diatomic gas? - answer f
27) The amino acids in the active site can be involved in all of these processes, except:
A. Binding of the substrate.
B. Becoming part of the product of the reaction.
C. The actual chemical mechanism for the reaction.
d. Binding of some necessary cofactor for the reaction.
E. All of these can be functions of the amino acids in the active site - answer b. Becoming
part of the product of the reaction.
28) The critical serine residue in the active site of chymotrypsin functions as
A. A nucleophile.
B. An electrophile.
C. A base.
D. A methyl donor. - answer a. A nucleophile.
29) The active site of chymotrypsin contains all of the following, except:
A. Histidine residue.
B. A magnesium ion.
C. Hydrophobic pocket to bind the substrate.
D. Serine residue.
E. All of these are in the active site of chymotrypsin. - answer b. A magnesium ion.
, 30) The ph profile of an enzyme can help identify specific amino acids in the active site because:
A. All enzymes have a ph optimum
B. Only the active site amino acids can detect changes in ph
c. Acidic and basic amino acids are often involved in the active site and ph changes can
change their ability to catalyze a reaction
D. The ph optimum is always the pi of the most critical amino acid in the active site -
answer c. Acidic and basic amino acids are often involved in the active site and ph
changes can change their ability to catalyze a reaction
31) Which groups of amino acids are likely to be found in the active site of an enzyme?
A. Leucine, lysine, alanine.
B. Cysteine, isoleucine, phenylalanine.
C. Tyrosine, threonine, leucine.
D. Serine, histidine, aspartate. - answer d. Serine, histidine, aspartate.
32) Labeling the amino acid residues in the active site of an enzyme requires
a. A reagent structurally similar to the substrate.
B. A highly polar reagent.
C. A reagent that contains an aromatic group.
D. A reagent that contains a halogen atom. - answer a. A reagent structurally similar
to the substrate.
33) Which of the following is unlikely to occur in binding of a substrate to an enzyme?
A. Stereospecific interactions.
B. Hydrogen bonding.
C. Adsorption to surfaces of metallic catalysts.
D. Interactions with metal-ions. - answer c. Adsorption to surfaces of metallic
catalysts.
34) Which of the following amino acid side chains would best serve as a general acid, assuming
the protein functions at a ph of 7?
A. Alanine
b. Aspartic acid
C. Lysine
d. Asparagine - answer c. Lysine
35) Metal ions play an important role in reaction mechanisms because
A. They block the active site of enzymes so that inhibitors cannot bind.
B. They can act as lewis acids.
C. Water is excluded from the active site when metal ions are bound.