Inorganic and Organic
Compounds
Chemistry of Life UEQ: How do the properties and structures of
materials determine their uses?
What determines the type and extent of a chemical reaction?
General
Chemistry
1. What is an atom?
2. What are
isotopes? What
makes an isotope
radioactive?
3. What are the
different types of
chemical bonds?
4. What is the
difference
between an acid
and a base?
Water
1. Why is water
considered a
polar
molecule?
2. What
properties
result from
water’s
polarity?
Organic
Molecules
1.
2.
3.
4.
What are organic
polymers?
How are organic
polymers made?
What is an
enzyme?
What role does
each play in
homeostasis?
Inorganic and Organic
Compounds
• The atoms and molecules that form compounds can either be
inorganic or organic.
• What is the difference?
• Inorganic are substances that can dissolve in water or react with
water to release electrolytes.
• Why might these be necessary for your body?
• Organic are substances that contain carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen and do not dissolve in
water.
• Why might these be important?
What are the four essential
organic compounds found in
living things?
What is the difference between
inorganic and organic
compounds in the body?
Organic Compounds
found in the body
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Nucleic Acids
• Proteins
Carbohydrates
What do you think the importance of
Carbohydrates are?
1.Provide energy that your cells and
body need.
2. Help build cell structures.
Carbohydrates
Examples:
1. Sugars- Monosaccharides such as Glucose, Fructose,
and Galactose
2. Disaccharides- Which contains to monosaccharides
combined. Such as: sucrose
3. Polysaccharides- many monosaccharides combined
together like a chain. Such as: Starch, glycogen
LIPIDS
• Glycerol + 3 Fatty Acids = Lipid
1 Glycerol
3 Fatty Acid Chains
» Carbon, Hydrogen, & Oxygen
LIPIDS
FUNCTION
Lipids functions are:
1. Help in long term energy storage
2. Protection and Insulin
3. Membrane structure
4. Acting as a chemical messenger
LIPIDS
FORM
Lipids can be:
1.Fats
2.Steroids
3.Phospholipids
How do you think
the form relates to
the function?
Which type of lipid is
responsible for what
function?
Proteins
Proteins Functions are:
1. Help in structure of bones and muscle
2. Regulate cell processes and chemical reactions
3. Help transport substances in and out of the cell.
4. Help fight against foreign substances
Protein Forms include:
1. Enzymes
2. Hormones
3. Antibodies
4. Structural proteins
Proteins
Which forms go with which
functions?
Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acid Functions:
1. Form genes- store genetic info and transmit genetic
information
2. Help aid in protein synthesis.
Nucleic Acid Forms:
1. DNA
2. RNA
Stop Point:
Organic Compounds
Foldable