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Biology Notebook: 01.02 The Chemistry of Life
Objectives:
Key Questions and Terms
Notes
Four main types of organic macromolecules:
1.
2.
3.
4.
What do all of these macromolecules have in common?
Carbohydrates
Define polymer.
Define monosaccharide and provide two examples.
What do monosaccharides provide for cells?
What is the basic formula for monosaccharides and how is the shape determined?
Define disaccharide and provide two examples.
Define polysaccharide and provide two examples.
What accounts for the differences in the properties of the various polysaccharides?
What is the monomer (single unit) that makes up the polysaccharides?
Describe the structure and function starch.
Describe the structure and function cellulose.
Describe the structure and function glycogen.
Describe the structure and function chitin.
Lipids
Define hydrophobic.
What are the three main categories of lipids?
What are fat molecules made of?
What is another name for fats?
Why are fats important?
How is the structure of phospholipids different from a fat?
Define hydrophilic.
How does that change the relationship that phospholipids have to water?
Describe the structure of steroids.
What are some examples of steroids and their functions?
Proteins
What are proteins made of?
What gives proteins its unique properties?
Choose three protein examples and describe its functions.
1.
2.
3.
Describe the structure of an amino acid. What part of the amino acid makes each one unique?
What is the function of catalysts, like enzymes?
Why are temperature and pH important to enzymes?
What are 2 examples of things that can inhibit the way that an enzyme works?
What can happen to an enzyme that will cause it to no longer function properly?
Nucleic Acids
What are nucleic acids?
What are the 2 main types of nucleic acids?
1.
2.
What does DNA contain and where is it found?
Why is RNA important?
What does a chain of nucleotides bonded together form?
What are the three main components nucleotides?
1.
2.
3.
Describe a DNA molecule and its shape.
Why are DNA and RNA important?
Name of Macromolecule
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Monomer
(name of base unit)
Properties
Functions
(what it does)
Examples
Objectives:
- Compare the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
- Describe how enzymes regulate chemical reactions
Key Questions and Terms
Notes
Four main types of organic macromolecules:
1.
2.
3.
4.
What do all of these macromolecules have in common?
Carbohydrates
Define polymer.
Define monosaccharide and provide two examples.
What do monosaccharides provide for cells?
What is the basic formula for monosaccharides and how is the shape determined?
Define disaccharide and provide two examples.
Define polysaccharide and provide two examples.
What accounts for the differences in the properties of the various polysaccharides?
What is the monomer (single unit) that makes up the polysaccharides?
Describe the structure and function starch.
Describe the structure and function cellulose.
Describe the structure and function glycogen.
Describe the structure and function chitin.
Lipids
Define hydrophobic.
What are the three main categories of lipids?
What are fat molecules made of?
What is another name for fats?
Why are fats important?
How is the structure of phospholipids different from a fat?
Define hydrophilic.
How does that change the relationship that phospholipids have to water?
Describe the structure of steroids.
What are some examples of steroids and their functions?
Proteins
What are proteins made of?
What gives proteins its unique properties?
Choose three protein examples and describe its functions.
1.
2.
3.
Describe the structure of an amino acid. What part of the amino acid makes each one unique?
What is the function of catalysts, like enzymes?
Why are temperature and pH important to enzymes?
What are 2 examples of things that can inhibit the way that an enzyme works?
What can happen to an enzyme that will cause it to no longer function properly?
Nucleic Acids
What are nucleic acids?
What are the 2 main types of nucleic acids?
1.
2.
What does DNA contain and where is it found?
Why is RNA important?
What does a chain of nucleotides bonded together form?
What are the three main components nucleotides?
1.
2.
3.
Describe a DNA molecule and its shape.
Why are DNA and RNA important?
Name of Macromolecule
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Monomer
(name of base unit)
Properties
Functions
(what it does)
Examples