Essential Properties of Water

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What percentage of the human body is composed of interstitial water?

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Which of the following statements about water is incorrect?

3

Overall, water is a neutral molecule. However, it is polar due to electronegativity differences between oxygen and hydrogen. Which of the following could possibly be the partial positive and partial negative charges on a hydrogen and an oxygen in water, respectively?

4

Why is water polar?

5

A dialysis bag containing pure water is placed in a beaker containing a 1 molar glucose in water. The pore size of the dialysis bag is only large enough to allow water to pass through it. What will be the net flow of water?

6

The primary reason that water is liquid at room temperature is because of __________.

7

Which of the following molecules is amphipathic?

8

Which substance do you expect to be most soluble in water?

9

Which of the following polymers is not formed by condensation?

10

What is true about the solubility of electrolytes in water?

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