Activities
Chapters 1-3
Introduction and Chemistry
Introduction to Biology
• Name the domain that includes prokaryotic cells that live in extreme
conditions of pH, salinity and temperatures.
• Look in the internet for the wording. Using the binomial nomenclature
system give the scientific names of:
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Humans
Red tie
Button mushroom
Tomato
• Build in the hierarchy of organism from an atom to the biosphere, using
man as the organism.
• Put in order
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Kingdom – family – phylum – order – domain – genus – epithet - class
• Look at the picture and name the kingdoms
• List the properties of living things.
• What is the importance of DNA and RNA?
Chemistry
• What type of covalent bond do you see in each of these molecules?
• What type of atoms do you see in the next drawings?
• Which of the two drawings you see above is the anion and which is the
cation?
• Look for the element P in the periodic table.
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Name it
Give its atomic number
Give its atomic mass
How many electrons does it have in the last shell?
What is its valence?
• Find the reducing and oxidizing agents
C6H12O6 + 6O2
6CO2 + 6H2O
• Name the physical and chemical properties of water.
• Name the solvents and solutes in a cup of coffee.
• What is the difference between the terms hydrophilic and
hydrophobic?
• Use the periodic table. How much does a mole of Maltose
(C12H22O11) weigh?
• If the concentration is 0.2M, how many grams of maltose
would you put in a liter of water?
• Which has a higher [H+] in it, a solution with pH 1 or pH 3?
• If pH is 5, what is the concentration of OH- ions?
• Name the types of isomers present in nature.
• Give the monomer of a protein.
• Name the types of functional groups present in:
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Ketones
Amino acids
Organic acids
Alcohol
Thiols
ATP
• Identify the functional groups
• Give the type of bond present in:
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– Carbohydrates
– Proteins
– Lipids
– Nucleic acids
Differentiate anabolism from catabolism
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
Name and describe the 4 levels of protein structure.
Draw the mRNA product of this DNA strand