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HOMEWORK PACKET
UNIT 2B: Basic Biochemistry
Part 1 – Carbs, Lipids, Nucleic Acids
HW #1: Introduction: Biochemistry
1. Classify each of the following as Organic (O) or Inorganic (I).
_____ C284H432N84O79S7 _____HBr _____ C56H58Cl14CuN16S4 _____B3H3N6 _____ C14H8O4
_____ C10H12N3O3PS2 _____GaCl3 _____SiH4 _____C19H22N2S _____C9H8O4
2. Select which of the following describe Hydrolysis (H) or Dehydration Synthesis (DS)
_____ builds larger compounds
_____creates smaller compounds
_____water is produced
_____water is required
3. A scientist analyzes several foods and determines the following (each answer is used only once):
Grams per ServingFood Protein Carbohydrate Lipids Cholesterol FiberA 103.9 0 26.9 334 0B 0 0 38.4 0 0C 36.3 203.4 1.0 0 25D 0.2 102.3 0.1 0 10.2E 0 200 0 0 0
______1) Which of the above foods is most likely a lowfat bran muffin?______2) Which of the above foods would be the oil you mix in salad dressing?______3) Which of the above foods is most likely a cola?______4) Which of the above foods is most likely a piece of steak?______5) Which of the above foods is most likely a pear?
4. Which element is being described: Can form 4 bonds Can form single, double or triple covalent bonds Found in all organic compound
Choices: a. Carbon b. Hydrogen c. Nitrogen d. Oxygen
5. True or False?
_____Monomers are the building blocks of polymers.
_____Dehydration synthesis produces monomers from polymers_____ Organic compounds are found in living things while inorganic compounds are only found in the abiotic environment._____ Hydrolysis takes place in humans while synthesis only takes place in plants.
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HW #2: Introduction to Organic Compounds
1. Compare and contrast inorganic and organic compounds on the following basis:
Description: Inorganic Organic
Elements present in each
Are they found in living things?
Are they produced in living things?
2. List three different foods that would be a rich source of each of the four types of organic compounds we will study in class.
Type of Organic Compound 1st type of food 2nd food 3rd food
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2.
3.
4.
3. Which of the following structures is an organic compound? (Label each as organic or inorganic.)
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HW #3: Carbohydrates
______1. What do glucose, fructose, and galactose have in common? (choose all that apply)
a) they are monosaccharides c) they are isomers
b) they are disaccharides d) they are proteins
Answer the next two using numbers:
2. Hydrolysis of a trisaccharide produces ________ molecules of simple sugars.
3. Synthesis of a disaccharide requires ________ molecules of a monosaccharide.
4. What are the four types of organic compounds we plan to study in this class?
a. ______________________________ c. ______________________________
b. ______________________________ d. ______________________________
5. Which of the above categories includes DNA? ___________________________
6. Define the word structure: _______________________________________________________________
7. Define the word function: _______________________________________________________________
8. The major theme of Biology is “Form leads to Function.” Give an everyday analogy of this theme and explain how it applies to Biochemical molecules. Make sure you use the two, bold-faced words in questions 6 and 7 in your answer.
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9. The structure below is table sugar, tell me as much as you can about 1) what types of food it is found in, 2) the classification of the type of molecule it is, 3) what types of elements it contains, 4) the dissolvability of the molecules in
water and why, and 5) what would result if the molecule was to undergo hydrolysis. Write your answer in paragraph format.
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10) Compare and contrast inorganic and organic compounds on the following basis:
Description: Inorganic Organic
Elements present in each
Are they found in living things?
Where are they produced?
11) What is the general name for a carbohydrate made of many simple sugars?
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12) What is the name of the simple sugar used to synthesize starch, glycogen and cellulose?________________4
13) Use the words in italics to fill in the following concept map: polysaccharide, simple sugar, intermediate molecule.
two combined many combined
14) Fill in the following chart by listing the three important polysaccharides above in the first column below.
POLYSACCHARIDE
TYPE OF ORGANISM THAT SYNTHESIZES
THE POLYSACCHARIDE
SIMPLE SUGAR USED TO SYNTHESIZE THE
POLYSACCHARIDE
FUNCTION OF THE POLYSACCHARIDE IN THE
ORGANSIM
starch
glycogen
cellulose
15) Complete the following analogies:
a) glycogen is to animals as starch is to _______________________________
b) glucose and fructose are to sucrose as _______________________ is to starch.
c) synthesis is to build as hydrolysis is to ______________________________
d) simple sugar is to glucose as polysaccharide is to _______________________(3 possible answers)
16) List 3 foods that contain a large amount of cabohydrate:
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17) Define synthesis (dehydration synthesis) of carbohydrates
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18) Define hydrolysis of carbohydrates
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19) What is the name of the process by which plants make glucose? _________________________________
20) Name two carbohydrate molecules that a plant synthesizes or makes from glucose.
____________________________ and ____________________________________
21) Animals cannot make glucose. How do they obtain it? __________________________________________________________________________________________
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22) Name the carbohydrate molecule that animals make from glucose. ________________________________
Choose from the following to answer questions 23 and 24. Choose all answers that apply.
a. used as a reactant in cell respiration d. used as a form of energy
b. composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen e. contain many covalent bonds
c. form plant cell walls f. contain –OH (hydroxyl groups)
_____________23. Which of the above is considered a structural characteristic of carbohydrates?
_____________24. Which of the above is considered a functional characteristic of carbohydrates?
___________________ 25. Which of the following IS a carbohydrate? Choose all that apply.
a. sucrose d. lactose g. carbon dioxide
b. water e. DNA h. glucose
c. polysaccharide f. cellulose i. simple sugar
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____________ 26. Which of the following is composed of at least one molecule of glucose? (choose all that apply)
a. galactose b. cellulose c. lactose d. glycogen
_______27) Which of the following is a TRUE statement a. carbohydrates contain many atoms of nitrogen b. monosaccharides can be hydrolyzed to form disaccharides c. cellulose can be hydrolyzed to form glucose and fructose molecules d. glycogen can be synthesized from glucose molecules
_______ 28) Which of the following terms could be used to describe table sugar?(Choose all that apply)
a. monosaccharide c. polymer e. disaccharideb. dimer d. organic compound f. monomer
_______29) Which of the following are inorganic compounds found in all living things?
a) glucose c) water e) table sugarb) NaCl d) starch f) oxygen
_______ 30) List three types of food that would contain a large amount of monosaccharides.
a. ____________________ b. ____________________ c. ___________________
______ 31) Synthesis of a carbohydrate from monomers could produce (choose all that apply)
a. starch c. glucose e. fructoseb. dimers d. polysaccharides f. DNA
32) Fill in the following table:
Name ofPolysaccharide
Organism thatproduces this molecule
Monomer unit that is used to make this polysaccharide
General Function of this polysaccharide
Starch
Cellulose
Glycogen
33) Describe in your own words (not using pictures) the structural difference between cellulose and glycogen.
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HW#4: Lipids
1) What are the smaller molecules that make up fats and oils? _______________________________________
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2) What is the process by which lipid molecules are synthesized or made?______________________________
3) What is the difference between the chemical structures saturated and unsaturated fatty acids?
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4) Use your notepacket and draw the structural formula of an imaginary saturated fatty acid using 5 carbons:
5) Redraw your molecule as an unsaturated fatty acid (use 5 carbons):
6) What did you add and/or subtract to build the unsaturated fatty acid?_______________________________
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7) Is your unsaturated fatty acid monounsaturated or polyunsaturated (mono means on C=C and poly means
more than one C=C)?_________________________________
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8) Describe the difference between an oil and a fat based on:
a) Which contains saturated fatty acids? Unsaturated?____________________________________
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b) Give three examples of foods that have fat in them _____________________________________
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c) Give three examples of foods that have oil in them _____________________________________
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9) Which is healthier? (circle one bold-faced word or words per line)
A) Unsaturated or saturated lipid
B) solid or liquid lipid at room temperature
C) animal fat or plant oil
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HW #5: Nucleic Acids
1. Complete the following analogies:
a) amino acid is to protein as nucleotides are to _________________________________
b) nucleotide is to DNA as simple sugar is to ______________________________(3 possible answers)
c) enzyme is to protein as RNA is to ____________________________________
d) sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base are to nucleic acids as amino group, carboxyl group and R
group are to ____________________________
2. What are the main elements found in nucleic acids?
3. What are the monomer units of nucleic acids?
4. Which molecule is in the nucleic acid category but does not form polymers?
5. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
6. What is the relationship of RNA to DNA?
7. DNA codes for the production of what other type of organic compound?
8. Which of these contain deoxyribose?
a. ATP b. DNA c. RNA
9. Which of these contain ribose?
a. ATP b. DNA c. RNA
10. Which of these stores information?
a. ATP b. DNA c. RNA
11. Which of these stores energy?
a. ATP b. DNA c. RNA
12. Label the nitrogen bases, sugars, and phosphates in the diagram below.
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REVIEW OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
1) What are the four major groups of organic molecules and what are the subunits of each group?
GROUP UNITS USED TO SYNTHESIZE MOLECULES IN THE GROUP
2) Fill in the reactants and products missing in the hydrolysis of the four major organic compounds:
Organic Compound Hydrolysis
Reactant(s) Product(s)
carbohydrate polysaccharide
lipid glycerol + fatty acids
protein amino acids
nucleic acid DNA or RNA
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Answer questions #3 to 11 by listing the letters of the following compounds, which apply to each statement.
There may be more than one answer per question.
a) polypeptides
b) lipids
c) simple sugars
e) polysaccharides
f) amino acids
g) nucleotides
h) nucleic acids
i) glycerol and fatty acids
3) Which of the above are broken down by hydrolysis?_____________________________________________
4) Which of the above are the simple units used to synthesize organic compounds?_______________________
5) Which of the above are made up of many amino acids? _________________________
6) Which of the above are used to make a triglyceride like oil? ____________________________
7) Which of the above are used as reactants in the synthesis of glycogen? __________________
8) Which of the above are components of DNA? ___________________
9) Which of the above are carbohydrates? _________________________
10) Which of the above contain nitrogen? __________________________
11) Which of the above contain Phosphorus? ________________________
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