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Macromolecule Knowledge Checks
You can use your notes to complete the below questions and check your understanding of
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Dehydration Synthesis and Hydrolysis
1.
What is the difference between a monomer and a polymer?
2.
What process joins monomers?
3.
What process breaks apart polymers?
4.
How is water generated in dehydration synthesis?
5.
How is water used in hydrolysis?
Carbohydrates
1.
What are the three elements in carbohydrates? What is the ratio of each?
2.
What are the three classes of carbohydrates?
3.
What process joins monosaccharides to form a disaccharide?
4.
What suffix do many carbohydrates end in?
5.
What functions do carbohydrates serve?
6.
What are examples of mono, di and polysaccharides?
7.
Compare and contrast starch and cellulose.
Lipids
1.
What feature/type of bond do all lipids have in common?
2.
What three elements make up most lipids?
3.
What are three different functions of lipids?
4.
What are different examples of lipids?
5.
What are differences between a saturated and unsaturated fat?
6.
Describe a phospholipid and identify its location in a cell.
7.
What function do steroids serve?
Proteins
1.
What are the monomers of proteins?
2.
What four elements are found in proteins?
3.
What process joins monomers in a protein?
4.
What is the name of the bond between protein monomers?
5.
Identify the general purposes or functions of proteins.
6.
Describe the relationship of structure and function in proteins (The “S-word” and the “F-
word”).
7.
Identify three factors that can denature a protein.
8.
How do enzymes help progress chemical reactions?
Nucleic Acids
1.
What are the two types of nucleic acids and what function do they serve?
2.
What 5 elements are found in nucleic acids?
3.
How many parts does a nucleotide have? Name these parts.
4.
Compare and contrast DNA and RNA: Structure, sugar, nitrogenous bases, and function.