Name _________________________
Living Environment
Unit Organizer
About the Unit Organizer: This organizer should be placed in your notebook. Notes and handouts from this unit should be placed
after the organizer. Answer the essential questions and define the vocabulary for +5 points on the unit test. *The organizer must be
handed in the day of the test in order to receive the extra credit.
Current Topic: Biochemistry
Next topic: Enzymes
1) Answer the following information about LIPIDS:
a. Elements:
c. Examples:
Essential Questions:
4) What is the difference between an organic compound
and an inorganic compound?
b. Building blocks:
5) Draw a pH scale and label acid, base and neutral.
2) Answer the following information about PROTEINS:
a. Elements:
c. Examples:
b. Building blocks:
6) Answer the following information about CARBOHYDRATES:
a. Elements:
c. Examples:
b. Building blocks:
d. Function:
d. Function:
3) Answer the following information about NUCLEIC ACIDS:
a. Elements:
c. Examples:
d. Function:
b. Building blocks:
d. Function:
Vocabulary:
Assessment dates:
1.
Element:
Quiz on pH:
2.
Compound:
Quiz on carbs:
3.
pH:
Quiz on lipids & nucleic
acids:
4.
Acid:
Test:
5.
Base:
6.
Carbohydrate:
7.
Glucose:
8.
Starch:
9.
Monosaccharide:
10. Polysaccharide:
11. Synthesis:
The Big Idea:
Biochemistry is the study
of chemical reactions in
living things. There are 4
main organic compounds:
carbohydrates, lipids,
nucleic acids and
proteins.
12. Hydrolysis:
13. Starch indicator:
14. Glucose indicator:
15. Lipid:
16. Nucleic acid:
17. Protein:
18. Amino acid:
Labs:
a.
b.
c.
d.
pH Lab
Indicator lab
Carbohydrate lab
Nutrient lab