IB Biology SL A1.1.5 Solvent Properties of Water Questions

Practise IB Biology SL A1.1.5 by linking water polarity and solvent properties to nutrient transport, metabolic reactions and sweat analysis.

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Explain how water polarity and hydrogen bonding dissolve ionic or polar solutes using a named example.
Apply solvent properties to explain transport of dissolved substances in blood and metabolic solutions.

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Researchers have developed a skin patch which can detect and measure very small concentrations of ions, sugars, amino acids, proteins and hormones which remain when sweat evaporates. What allows the presence of these substances in sweat?

Cohesion

Hydrophobic interactions

Solvent properties

Thermal properties

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