Cht 4&5: Organic

Question 1

4 classes of organic compounds

Answer 1

Carbs: sugar
Lipids: fats
Proteins: everything
Nucleus acids: genes

Question 2

Carbs

Answer 2

Monosaccharides: simple sugars
Disaccharides: two monos linked with covalent bond
Polysaccharides: many monos

Question 3

Polysaccharides

Answer 3

Starch: food storage in plants
Glycogen: food storage in animals
Cellulose: plants
Chitin: animals

Question 4

Lipids

Answer 4

Cannot be dissolved in water.
Long term energy, insulates, protects organs.
Glycerol.

Question 5

Triglycerides

Answer 5

3fatty acid chains attached to 1 glycerol
Saturated and unsaturated fats
Lipids

Question 6

Saturated fats

Answer 6

Carbons are filled with hydrogen, making them solid at room temp. Butter
Bad fats
Single bonds
Lipids

Question 7

Unsaturated fats

Answer 7

Carbons are not totally filled with hydrogen making them liquid at room temp. Double bond
Good fat
Lipid

Question 8

Phospholipid

Answer 8

Only two fatty acid chains (hydrophobic tails) attached to a phosphate group (hydrophilic head)

Question 9

Phospholipid bilayer or micelle

Answer 9

When in water the hydrophobic tails cluster to form a circular
Lipids

Question 10

Steroids

Answer 10

Consist of 4 fused rings
Cholesterol
Lipid

Question 11

Proteins

Answer 11

Everything.
Amino acids.
Peptide bonds.
Complexity of proteins

Question 12

Nucleic acids

Answer 12

Building blocks of genes. 
DNA. RNA 
Provides info to build cells 
Copy themselves to pass info
Polymer and monomers 
Nucleotides

Question 13

3 components of nucleotides

Answer 13

Pentose sugar
Nitrogenous bases: AGCT, AGCU
Phosphate groups