| It's all about the Carbonic Chemistry | Structural Composition | Functions | Examples | Identification Lab |
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What is carbon?
This element is considered the backbone of life, from which all macromolecules are based.
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What is a monomer?
These are the subunits of a polymer.
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What are nucleic acids?
These macromolecules are essentially the instructions for life.
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What is hemoglobin?
200 pt EC - Which protein is responsible for regulating blood sugar?
This protein is responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body in the bloodstream.
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What is Sudan III?
200 pt. EC - what color indicated the presence of lipids?
This chemical was used to test for the presence of lipids.
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What is four?
100 pt EC - How many different bonds can Carbon have with other elements?
This is the number of valence electron carbon has.
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What is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
100 pt. EC - which element would you add to that list for proteins?
These 3 elements make up both lipids and carbohydrates.
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What are lipids?
These macromolecules function to store the most energy.
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What is RNA?
100 pt. EC - give one example of how DNA is different from RNA?
This nucleic acid acts as a messenger in protein synthesis, and is composed of only a single strand.
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What is Biuret Reagant?
200 pt. EC - what color(s) indicated the presence of proteins?
This chemical was used to test for the presence of proteins.
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What is bond with itself?
[form rings and chains of itself] 200 pt EC - Other than itself, what 3 other elements does carbon typically bond with?
Carbon's unique ability to do this is what gives it its ability to form the molecules of life; separating it from chemically similar elements like Silicon.
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What is a protein?
Amino-acids are the monomer of this muscular macromolecule.
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What are proteins?
100 pt EC - which class of proteins is responsible for making chemical reactions possible?
These macromolecules have many functions, which include transport, enabling movement, and making chemical reactions in our bodies possible.
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What is cellulose?
This carbohydrate is a major structural component in plant cell walls.
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What is Benedict's Solution?
200 pt. EC - what color(s) indicated the presence of simple carbs?
This chemical was used to test for the presence of simple carbs.
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What is hydrolysis?
200 pt EC - What are the products of this reaction?
This chemical reaction is responsible for the breakdown of macromolecules.
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What is a nucleotide?
200 pt EC - Which lipid doesn't follow the monomer rule?
This eerily familiar molecule is the monomer for nucleic acids.
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What are simple carbohydrates?
These basic macromolecules provide immediate energy.
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What is glucose?
200 pt EC - what carbohydrate functions to store glucose in the body?
This carbohydrate is the human body's primary energy source.
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What is Lugol's Solution?
[Iodine] 200 pt. EC - what color(s) indicated the presence of complex carbs?
This chemical was used to test for the presence of complex carbs.
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What is dehydration synthesis?
100 pt EC - What is the significance of this reaction for macromolecules?
Water and a polymer are the products of this chemical reaction.
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What are monosaccharides?
These lonely sugars are the monomers of carbohydrates.
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What are complex carbohydrates?
These more complicated macromolecules provide sustained energy.
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What is cholesterol?
200 pt EC - which type of fat raises cholesterol in your blood? [multi-EC prompt]
This lipid steroid is important for making hormones and even vitamin-D, and is even an important structural component in cell membranes...though it isn't the most common lipid in cell membrane.
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What is nucleic acids?
The presence of this macromolecule was NOT tested for in the macromolecules lab.
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Part I - What is fibrinogen?
Part II - What is LDL? Part 1 - This protein is responsible for creating blood clots.
Part II - this not so dense lipoprotein, which carries cholesterol in the blood, is considered the "bad" one because it can collect in the walls of blood vessels causing blockages (atheroscl |