CAMPBELL BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & CONNECTIONS,
NINTH EDITION, GLOBAL EDITION
Clicker Questions
Chapter 2
The Chemical
Basis of Life TAYLOR
SIMON
DICKEY
HOGAN
REECE
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Clicker Questions by Brenda Hunzinger
Concept Check
The reactive properties or chemical behavior of an atom mostly
depends on the number of
a) electrons in each electron shell of the atom.
b) neutrons found in the nucleus.
c) filled electron shells.
d) electrons in the outer electron shell of the atom.
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Answer
The reactive properties or chemical behavior of an atom mostly
depends on the number of
a) electrons in each electron shell of the atom.
b) neutrons found in the nucleus.
c) filled electron shells.
d) electrons in the outer electron shell of the atom.
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Concept Check
Water molecules form hydrogen bonds because
a) the water molecule is polar.
b) the oxygen molecule is
positively charged.
c) the water molecule forms a
tetrahedron.
d) the hydrogen atoms are
negatively charged.
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Answer
Water molecules form hydrogen bonds because
a) the water molecule is polar.
b) the oxygen molecule is
positively charged.
c) the water molecule forms a
tetrahedron.
d) the hydrogen atoms are
negatively charged.
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Interpreting Data
Below is the general equation for photosynthesis—the process of
capturing the energy of sunlight and converting it to chemical
energy. Which of the following are the reactants of this reaction?
a) C6H12O6 and O2
b) CO2 and H2O
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Answer
Below is the general equation for photosynthesis—the process of
capturing the energy of sunlight and converting it to chemical
energy. Which of the following are the reactants of this reaction?
a) C6H12O6 and O2
b) CO2 and H2O
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Interpreting Data
Earth’s oceans are immense. Small, floating, plantlike organisms
called phytoplankton contribute to ocean productivity (the rate of
photosynthesis). If ocean productivity increases, what will happen
to global carbon dioxide levels?
a) CO2 levels will also increase.
b) CO2 levels will decrease.
c) CO2 levels will remain constant.
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Answer
Earth’s oceans are immense. Small, floating, plantlike organisms
called phytoplankton contribute to ocean productivity (the rate of
photosynthesis). If ocean productivity increases, what will happen
to global carbon dioxide levels?
a) CO2 levels will also increase.
b) CO2 levels will decrease.
c) CO2 levels will.
d) constant.
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Concept Check
What will happen if CO2 levels in the oceans increase?
a) The oceans will become more basic.
b) The oceans will become more acidic.
c) Growth rates of organisms such as corals will decrease.
d) both a and b
e) both b and c
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Answer
What will happen if CO2 levels in the oceans increase?
a) The oceans will become more basic.
b) The oceans will become more acidic.
c) Growth rates of organisms such as corals will decrease.
d) both a and b
e) both b and c
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Biology and Society
One of the authors of your text once overheard the following:
“It’s paranoid and ignorant to worry about industry or agriculture
contaminating the environment with their chemical wastes. After all,
this stuff is just made of the same atoms that were already present
in our environment anyway.”
What do you think of this statement?
Strongly A B C D E Strongly
Disagree Agree
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Biology and Society
Too little iodine in the diet can
lead to goiter—the condition
afflicting this person. Goiter is
not common in developing
countries because iodine is
added to salt and other foods.
Do you think that adding
trace elements to food items
is a good public policy?
Strongly A B C D E Strongly
Disagree Agree
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