Water, pH and Macromolecules
Weak acids generally have pKa

been seldom found in living systems
that cannot be used to buffer
values less than 1
pKa values greater than 2

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Water, pH and Macromolecules
Which of the following statements about water is correct?

All of these
Polar substances that can form hydrogen bonds will dissolve in it
Nonpolar substances like oils are not soluble in it
It is critical for many of the chemical processes found in living systems

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Water, pH and Macromolecules
The main difference between an acid and a base is that

acids donate hydrogen ions in water while bases accept hydrogen ions
bases are polar molecules and acids are not
bases donate hydrogen ions in water while acids accept hydrogen ions
acids are polar molecules and bases are not

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Water, pH and Macromolecules
Salt dissolves well in water as water molecules

form hydrogen bonds with the positively and negatively charged ions
make nonpolar covalent bonds with the positively charged ions only
surround the ions because of their charge but do not form hydrogen bonds
share electrons with the ions to make polar covalent bonds

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