PreparED Study Materials
CHEM 100: Chemistry in Everyday Life
School: Northern Illinois University
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Comparing pH: Acid Concentrations Strength Ka pKa & pOH Explained!
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Understanding pH Values: In this video we break down the pH levels of various solutions. Discover the importance of acid strengths via Ka and pKa contrast weak vs. strong acids and learn the counterintuitive relationship between pOH and pH.
Converting Various Units: Weight, Time, Height, and Volume
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This video focuses on unit conversions and the practical use of conversion factors to translate quantities between different units. It provides clear examples of converting 70 kilograms to pounds, translating 14 billion years into seconds, changing the height of a basketball player from feet and inches to meters, and converting cubic meters to liters, illustrating the importance of this skill in various scientific and everyday scenarios.
Analyzing Molecular Structure Levels in DNA, tRNA, and mRNA
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This video explores the concept of structural levels (primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary) in biomolecules, focusing on double-stranded DNA, tRNA, and mRNA to understand the diverse ways these molecules exhibit these structural layers.
Calculating Water's Final Temp after a 345 kJ Heat Boost
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Discover how to determine the final temperature of a water sample after heat absorption. Utilizing the concept of specific heat capacity and the formula q = mc?T, we calculate the change in temperature and reveal its new state. Experience the transformation from an initial tepid state to a drastically altered thermal condition.
The Wobble Concept: Explaining Codon Variability in Amino Acid Encodin
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Join us as we delve into the intriguing world of genetic coding and discover how the concept of wobble accounts for variations in codons encoding a single amino acid.
Unveiling Earth's Crust: Calculating Silicon Mass
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Explore the fascinating process of calculating the mass of silicon in Earth's crust. Learn how to convert Earth's total mass to grams, determine the crust's mass percentage, and find the silicon's mass within the crust. Discover the scale of silicon's presence in our planet's outer layer.