Name: _________________________
Date: ______________
Period: _______
Organic Compounds Lab Activity
General
1. List the 4 main Organic Macromolecules:
1) ___________________________
2) ___________________________
3) ___________________________
4) ___________________________
2. Hydrocarbons are the simplest of organic compounds. Draw methane, CH4.
3. Make a methane molecule with your model kit.
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Carbohydrates
4. What is the chemical formula for the monomer of a carbohydrate? What is the
monomer of a carbohydrate called?
5. List the three monomers of carbohydrates and draw the structure of each.
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6. Make them with your model kit.
7. What does it mean to say that these are isomers?
8. What 2 monosaccharides make up the disaccharide maltose?
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9. Draw the structure of maltose:
10. Make maltose with your kit, showing how dehydration synthesis occurs.
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11. Maltose is broken down in what reaction? Illustrate this reaction with your model.
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12. What is the bond called that links monosaccharides?
13. What do we call the polymer of a carbohydrate? List and describe 3 of these
polymers:
Polysaccharide:
Structure:
Function:
Lipids
14. What is the “monomer” of a lipid?
15. Draw the structures of a fatty acid and of glycerol:
16. Make both a fatty acid and a glycerol molecule with your model kit.
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17. Compare the makeup of the 4 lipids about which we learned:
1) ___________________:
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2) ___________________:
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3) ___________________:
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4) ___________________:
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18. What is the name of the bond that holds lipids together?
Proteins
19. What is the monomer of a protein called?
20. Draw the structure of the following amino acids:
1) Alanine
2) Serine
3) Cysteine
4) Phenylalanine
21. Make each of the above amino acids with your model kit
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22. If Alanine and Serine are combined, by what process does this happen and what is the
resulting dimer called?
23. Draw the structure of this compound:
24. Make this compound with your model kit and show how it was formed:
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25. What is the bond that links amino acids called?
26. What is the polymer called if you link 3 or more amino acids together?
27. How are all amino acids alike?
28. How do the 20 amino acids differ from each other?
Nucleic Acids
29. What elements are in a nucleic acid?
30. What is the monomer of a nucleic acid called? What are its 3 main parts?
31. List at least 3 ways in which DNA & RNA differ:
1) ______________________________________
2) ______________________________________
3) ______________________________________
32. What high energy molecule is very similar in structure to DNA & RNA?
33. What is the main function of nucleic acids? What does their code ultimately lead to
be produced?
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