Biological Importance of Elements - Na, K, Mg, and Ca
Covers the essential biological roles of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium including nerve transmission, muscle contraction, chlorophyll synthesis, enzyme cofactors, and dietary requirements
Questions
Which are involved in various physiological functional in animals?
- $Na^{+}$
- $K^{+}$
- Both (a) and (b)
- None of these
A severe shortage of what in body fluids, may cause a potentially fatal condition known as hypokalemia?
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Iron
- Silicon
Which element has high concentration in plants, as compared to sodium?
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Silicon
- none
What is requirement for sodium in milligrams per day?
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
What happens when too much of sodium is in your diet?
- Cancer
- Damage Nerve Function
- Risk factor for heart disease
- Digestion
What is used in synthesis of chlorophyll In C4 plants?
- Sodium
- Iron
- Potassium
- Aluminium
What is minimum requirement (in milligram) of potassium per day for adult?
- 4700
- 14700
- 20000
- 30000
Which of the following ions participate in transmission of nerve signals?
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Iron
Sodium ions helps in:
- transmission of nerve signals
- transport of sugar and amino acids into cells
- activation of different enzymes
- oxidation of glucose to produce ATP
A typical $70$ kg man constitutes $X$ kg of sodium and $Y$ kg of potassium?
- $x=90,\ y=70$
- $x=90,\ y=170$
- $x=70,\ y=90$
- $x=170,\ y=90$
Sodium ions are found in:
- outside of cells
- blood plasma
- interstitial fluids
- within cell fluids
Which element is present in blood plasma in larger quantity?
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Iron
- Copper
Which of the following element participate in oxidation of glucose to form ATP?
- Calcium
- Sodium
- Magnesium
- Potassium
The ion helpful for controlling heart beating and muscle contraction is:
- $Mg^{2+}$
- $Na^{+}$
- $K^{+}$
- $Ca^{2+}$
Which of the following statements is false ?
- ${\text{M}}{{\text{g}}^{{\text{2 + }}}}$ ion form a complex with ATP
- ${\text{C}}{{\text{a}}^{{\text{2 + }}}}$ on are important in blood clotting
- ${\text{C}}{{\text{a}}^{{\text{2 + }}}}$ ion are not important in maintaining the regular beating of the heart.
- ${\text{M}}{{\text{g}}^{{\text{2 + }}}}$ ion are important in the green parts of plants.
Which of the following statement is false?
- $Mg^{2+}$ ion forms a complex with $ATP$
- $Ca^{2+}$ ions are important in blood clothing.
- $Ca^{2+}$ ions are not important in maintaining the regular beating of the hear
- $Mg^{2+}$ ions are important in the green parts of plants
Simple proteins bonded with a non-protein prosthetic group (acting as a cofactor) are called:
- Simple proteins
- Conjugated proteins
- Proteonic proteins
- All the above
Ripening of fruits can be caried out in presence of :
- $Na _2SO _4$
- $NaCl$
- $CaCl _2$
- $CaC _2$
Which is used for fixing atmospheric nitrogen?
- $CaCN _2$ (nitrolim)
- $Li _3N$
- $Mg _3N _2$
- All of these
Which one of the following has magnesium?
- Vitamin $B _{12}$
- Chlorophyll
- Haemocyanin
- Carbonic anhydrase
Ripening of fruits can be carried out in the presence of :
- $Na _2SO _4 $
- $NaCl$
- $CaCl _2$
- $CaC _2$
- True
- False
Nitrolim is a mixture of :
- $CaC _2$ and graphite
- $CaCN _2$ and graphite
- $Ca(CN) _2$ and graphite
- $CaCN _2+N _2$
A holoenzyme contains apoenzyme and ____________ .
- isoenzyme
- cofactor
- inhibitor
- none of the above
For a given sample of water containing the following impurities
$Mg{ \left( H{ CO } _{ 3 } \right) } _{ 2 }=73mg/L;\quad Ca{ \left( H{ CO } _{ 3 } \right) } _{ 2 }=162mg/L;\quad Ca{ SO } _{ 4 }=136mg/L$
$Mg{ Cl } _{ 2 }=95mg/L;\quad Ca{ Cl } _{ 2 }=111mg/L;\quad NaCl=100mg/L$
Then the total hardness (temporary and permanent) of above water sample is
- $300ppm$
- $350ppm$
- $450ppm$
- $500ppm$
The metal ions (charged particles) that are required for contraction of muscles in human beings and animals are ions of:
- calcium
- sodium
- potassium
- iron
Which of the following metals is required as a cofactor by all enzymes utilizing ATP in phosphate transfer?
- K
- Ca
- Na
- Mg
The main constituents of pearl are:
- ammonium sulphate and sodium carbonate
- aragonite are conchiolin
- calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate
- calcium oxide and ammonium chloride
Which of the following statements is/are false?
- The halides of beryllium are electron deficient and are polymeric with halogen bridges.
- $BeF _2$ is very soluble in water owing to high solvation energy of Be but fluorides of other alkaline earth metals are almost insoluble.
- CaO, SrO and BaO react exothermically with water forming soluble hydroxides.
- The bicarbonates of alkaline earth metals are only stable in solutions.
Select correct statement(s).
- $Mg^{2+}$ ions are necessary for the activation of phosphate transfer enzymes.
- Mg is present in chlorophyll of green plants.
- Mg is present in chlorophyll used in photosynthesis in green plants.
- All the above are correct statements