A plant produces flowers that are open through the day and the night. An experimenter places pollen on the stigmas of freshly opened flowers and covers them after pollination to prevent natural pollinators from having access to the flowers. When experimental pollination was carried out during the day, 40% of the flowers yielded fruit. When experimental pollination was carried out during the night, 80% of the flowers yielded fruit. However, when flowers were  kept  open  to  natural  pollination  during  the  day  (covered  at  night),  35%  of  flowers  produced  fruit.  20%  of flowers exposed to natural pollination during the night (covered during the day) produced fruit. Which of the following statements is NOT a plausible explanation of these results ?

#Question id: 361

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Calculate the percentage of histidine that has its imidazole side chain protonated at pH 7.3. The pKa values for histidine are pK1 = 1.8, pK2 (imidazole) = 6.0, and pK3 = 9.2.

#Question id: 362

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

A 0.01 M solution of a substance has a pH of 2. What can you conclude about this substance?

#Question id: 363

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

What is the pH of a mixture of 0.042 M NaH2PO4 and 0.058 M Na2HPO4? If 1.0 mL of 10.0 M NaOH is added to a liter of the buffer prepared, how much will the pH change? (pKa = 6.86)

#Question id: 364

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

 A solution contains 0.0000001 (10-7) moles of hydrogen ions [H+] per liter. Which of the following best describes this solution?

#Question id: 365

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Water is a polar molecule: the oxygen atom with its unshared electrons carries a partial negative charge (δ−) of ___________, and the hydrogen atoms each carry a partial positive charge (δ+) of __________, where e is the charge of the electron.

#Question id: 366

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

What is the pH of a solution with a hydroxyl ion (OH-) concentration of 10-10 M?