Which property of water allows it to dissolve substances like sodium chloride and glucose but prevents it from dissolving lipids?

Q: What happens when proteins undergo hydrolysis?

A: Proteins are macromolecules that act as essential nutrients for the human body. Where it helps to…

Q: What determines a molecule’s solubility or lack of solubility inwater?

A: Solubility is defined as the property of different substances ( including, solid, liquid, gas) known…

Q: why is water important in biochemistry?

A: Water is made up of two small, positively charged hydrogen atoms and one massive, negatively charged…

Q: Are organic solvents like benzene and ether polar or non-polar substances?

A: Polar molecules: These are those molecules that contain unequal charge distribution and make a…

Q: Which pH values are considered acidic, basic, and neutral?

A: pH scale indicates the hydrogen ion concentration of that solution. By given pH we can say if that…

Q: Why micromers are much smaller than macromers?

A: A newly formed zygote divides into two cells called the blastomeres. The first cleavage furrow…

Q: Why can water absorb a great amount of heat with little increase in its temperature? What is this…

A: Heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat provided to the material to bring out a unit change…

Q: What type of chemical bond forms between hydrogen and oxygen atoms within a water molecule? Which…

A: A water molecule has the formula H2O. It has a bent molecular shape and consists of two hydrogen (H)…

Q: What properties of water make it an effective biological solvent,and how does a molecule like NaCl…

A: In a biological reaction, water is the most common solvent. Due to unique properties or…

Q: What are mineral salts? Where in living beings can mineral salts be found?

A: Minerals are inorganic substances that are required by the body in minimal amounts for a variety of…

Q: Is water polar, nonpolar, or an ion?

A: Molecules are made up of more than one atoms which are joined by chemical bonds.

Q: . How do buffers regulate the pH of a fluid?

A: Hydrogen ions (H+) are a charged form of a hydrogen atom. A hydroxide ion (OH-) is made up of an…

Q: What are ions? What are the two types of molecules into which ions are classified?

A: Homeostasis is the mechanism in which a constant equilibrium is maintained between the two systems.…

Q: What happens when a strong acid such as HBr is dissolved in water?

A: An acid is a molecule that releases hydrogen ions in a solution and when the solution is of water,…

Q: How is oxygen dissolved in water?

A: Water is polar molecule and oxygen is non polar molecules in which electron density is normally…

Q: If water were not polar, would it dissolve sodium chloride

A: Water is a polar particle that can break up numerous salts into their ionic structures. It is…

Q: Which solution is more acidic, one with a pH of 4 or a pH of 5? What is the concentration of H+ ions…

A: The pH is the power of Hydrogen and is used as a measure of the acidic or basic character of a…

Q: Describe the differences among acids, bases, and salts.

A: A solution is said to be a acidic, basic and salts and can be categorized on the basis of their…

Q: When an ionic compound is dissolved in water, each ion is surrounded by a sphere of water molecules…

A: An ion refers to an atom or a molecule that carries a net electric charge due to either loss or gain…

Q: Why is water so important for metabolic reactions?

A: Human body is composed of 60-70% of water. Water is important for normal functioning of the body.…

Q: Lemon juice contains citric acid (C6H8O7). What speciesserves as a base when lemon juice is mixed…

A: Bases are the groups, which accept the protons, releases hydroxyl ions (OH-) ions, or donates…

Q: Why is it essential for compounds like salt (and glucose) to soluble in the water found in our body?

A: In our body, glucose and salt are important molecules. Glucose is an important part of the body…

Q: How does salt affect proteins?

A: Protein is a long chain of a polypeptide in which several amino acids are linked to each other to…

Q: How are salts related to acids and bases?

A: In biochemistry, acid can be described as a substance that can donate hydrogen ions when dissolved…

Q: What causes phospholipid's fluidity?

A: The question needs some correction- "What causes phospholipid bilayer's fluidity?" The membrane…

Q: what does ph mean

A: We have to define pH.

Q: What type of bond do water molecules form with each other?

A: Two hydrogen (H) atoms and one oxygen (O) atom form one molecule of water (H2O). Water is very much…

Q: How is the molality of a solution different from its molarity?

A: A solution is composed of solute and solvent. The relative amount of solute and solvent present in a…

Q: Is glucose a polar or nonpolar molecule? How do you know?

A: Glucose is a set of carbohydrates that is a easy sugar with a chemical components C6H12O6. It is…

Q: When table sugar, sucrose, dissolves in water, is the water the solvent or the solute?

A: The common sugar is known as sucrose. It is a disaccharide molecule, made of glucose and fructose…

Q: If water were a non polar molecule, how would its properties be different?

A: water is one of  the most important molecule on earth . it is formed via a central oxygen atom and…

Q: Stearic acid is insoluble in water, and sodium stearate (a soap) is soluble. What causes the…

A: Lipids are macrobiomolecule that are made of hydrocarbons and is insoluble in non-polar solvents.

Q: Why are water molecules at the surface of a drop of water closer together than those in the…

A: Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.…

Q: Explain why vegetable oil and water don't dissolve in one another.

A: Lipids are non-polar biomolecules composed of fatty acids and an alcohol. Some of the lipids have…

Q: Name the inorganic substances common in body fluids

A: Compounds, which are associated with life and life processes, depend on carbon (C) atoms. These are…

Q: How do electrolytes and nonelectrolytes differ?

A: In all branch of science, it is important to understand the key terminologies and difference between…

Q: What types of intermolecular bonds exist between several water molecules?

A: These questions are based on type of bonding and pH scale.

Q: What is concentration?

A: In biology, we measure some of substances. Also, perform various tests where we prepare various…

Q: What is the chemical bond that forms water molecules?

A: Water is the most important thing to all the living creature. Water molecule consists of 1 oxygen…

Q: Why is table salt, sodium chloride, almost never considered as an ionic compound, but as individual…

A: The salt that is most essential for the brackishness of seas and is also the major component of the…

Q: Distinguish between polar and ionic compounds.

A: A polar bond is formed due to sharing of electrons and ionic bonds are formed by a complete…

Q: Why is water important in chemical reactions?  Differentiate between cohesion and adhesion of…

A: Water is composed of chemical substances like hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is possitivly charge…

Q: Describe the way an ionic solid dissolves in water

A: Ionic compounds are ones that are made up of oppositely charged atoms, known as ions, that are…

Q: What distinguishes a weak acid from a strong acid?

A: Base and acid both interact with each other and form salt and water. They both are used in everyday…

Q: What properties of a water molecule enable it to actas a good solvent for ionic molecules?

A: Introduction:- A solvent is essentially a material that can dissolve solutes, which are molecules…

Q: What compounds tend to be non-electrolytes? What are the exceptions?

A: A substance that dissolves in water is classified according to whether they yield molecules or ions…

Q: Why are most organic compounds nonconducting and insoluble in water?

A: Organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen bonds.