Section 2

Question 1

What is the blood pH?

Answer 1

7.4

Question 2

Metabolism produces acid each day in the form of what?

Answer 2

CO2

Question 3

What determines the strength of a hydrogen bond?

Answer 3

Distance

Question 4

How does hydrogen bonds differ from covalent?

Answer 4

Covalent requires an enzyme to be formed or broken, where hydrogen bonds dont

Question 5

What is the concentration of H+ in pure water?

Answer 5

1 x 10^(-7)

Question 6

Can you use strong acids for buffers?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

How does one determine the strength of an acid?

Answer 7

Number of protons that exist after dissociation

Question 8

How do you find the acceptor/donor ratio of a titration curve?

Answer 8

1. Use pH=pKa + log(base/acid)
2. Plug in given pH and pKa
3. Find out what the whole log(base/acid) equals to.
4. Then find out just the (base/acid) ratio equals to

Question 9

What is the intracellular buffering system?

Answer 9

(HPO4/H2PO4)

Question 10

What is the blood buffering system?

Answer 10

(H2CO3/HCO3)