_____ Are Changes That Occur Over Extended Periods of Time

question 23

Multiple Choice

_____ are changes that occur over extended periods of time.

• A) Waves
• B) Trends
• C) Profiles
• D) Rates

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Definitions:

Specific Rotation

A measure of the amount a substance rotates the plane of polarized light, specific to its molecular structure and concentration.

Dextrorotatory

Describes a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise, as seen by an observer towards the light source.

Levorotatory

Describing a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left or counterclockwise.

Racemic Mixture

A mixture containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule, making it optically inactive.