6.1

Question 1

What are isomers?

Answer 1

Molecules that have the same formula but different shapes.

Question 2

Which function group(s) is/are negatively charged?

Answer 2

Carboxyl and Phosphate

Question 3

Which function group(s) is/are positively charged?

Answer 3

Amino

Question 4

Which function group(s) is/are polar?

Answer 4

Hydroxyl, Carbonyl, and sulfhydryl

Question 5

Which function group(s) is/are nonpolar?

Answer 5

Methyl

Question 6

What is the chemical formula for carboxyl?

Answer 6

-COOH

Question 7

What is the chemical formula for amino?

Answer 7

-NH2

Question 8

What is the chemical formula of hydroxyl?

Answer 8

-OH

Question 9

What is the chemical formula for methyl?

Answer 9

CH3

Question 10

What is the chemical formula for phosphate?

Answer 10

-PO4

Question 11

What are the chemical formulas for carbonyl?

Answer 11

-COH and -CO-

Question 12

What is the chemical formula for sulfhydryl?

Answer 12

-SH

Question 13

What is a monomer?

Answer 13

A building block for polymers.

Question 14

What is a polymer?

Answer 14

The whole substance that is made of monomers.

Question 15

What happens during dehydration synthesis?

Answer 15

OH- and H+ come together to join and expel H2O.

Question 16

What happens during hydrolysis/digestion?

Answer 16

H2O breaks down the polymers to separate the monomers.

Question 17

Is building a protein from amino acids dehydration synthesis or hydrolysis?

Answer 17

Dehydration synthesis.

Question 18

Is splitting apart two organic molecules in a polymer dehydration synthesis or hydrolysis?

Answer 18

Hydrolysis.

Question 19

What does the suffix lysis mean?

Answer 19

To split or break apart.

Question 20

What does the suffix synthesis mean?

Answer 20

To make something.

Question 21

Why is carbon a versatile building block for organic molecules?

Answer 21

Its 4 covalent bonds can be broken and rearranged.