UNIT 1: Chemistry of Life

Question 1

How do polarity and hydrogen bonding result in the properties of water?

Question 2

Carbon function

Answer 2

build macromolecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. used in storage compounds and cell formation in all organisms

Question 3

Nitrogen function

Answer 3

build proteins and nucleic acids.

Question 4

Phosphorous function

Answer 4

build nucleic acids and certain lipids

Question 5

monomer definition

Question 6

polymer definition

Question 7

how to connect monomers

Answer 7

dehydration synthesis

Question 8

how to break apart monomers

Answer 8

hydrolysis

Question 9

hydrogen bond

Question 10

covalent bond

Question 11

ionic bond

Question 12

cation

Question 13

anion

Question 14

Nucleic acid structure

Question 15

Nucleic acid function

Question 16

Protein structure

Question 17

Protein function

Question 18

Carbohydrate structure

Question 19

Carbohydrate function

Question 20

Lipid structure

Question 21

Lipid function

Question 22

phospholipid

Question 23

DNA and RNA similarities/differences

Question 24

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.1
Explain how the properties
of water that result from
its polarity and hydrogen
bonding affect its biological
function.

Question 25

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.2
Describe the composition of
macromolecules required by
living organisms.

Question 26

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.3
Describe the properties
of the monomers and the
type of bonds that connect
the monomers in biological
macromolecules.

Question 27

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.4
Describe the properties
of the monomers and the
type of bonds that connect
the monomers in biological
macromolecules.

Question 28

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.5
Explain how a change in
the subunits of a polymer
may lead to changes in
structure or function of
the macromolecule.

Question 29

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1.6
Describe the structural
similarities and differences
between DNA and RNA.

Question 30

cohesion

Question 31

adhesions

Question 32

structure adhesion

Question 33

evaporative cooling

Question 34

high specific heat