Biology (Sequential)
Sample Guiding Questions
Unit 01
The following questions may be utilized as a scaffold to the Unit Understandings and Questions.
How do the functions of different types of biomolecules compare (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and
nucleic acids)?
What are the unique characteristics of carbohydrates that help differentiate them from other
biomolecules?
What are the unique characteristics of nucleic acids that help differentiate them from other biomolecules?
What are the unique characteristics of lipids that help differentiate them from other biomolecules?
What are the unique characteristics of proteins that help differentiate them from other biomolecules?
What roles do carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids play in metabolic processes of living
things?
What were the results of the Miller-Urey experiment?
What evidence exists that suggest that some biomolecules contain information?
How does DNA carry information?
How is the genetic code used to build proteins?
What are the scientific explanations for the origin of DNA?
What nucleic acid is present in organisms that do not have DNA?
What types of organisms do not have DNA?
What is the function of DNA?
What is the functions of RNA?
How is DNA synthesized?
What are the steps to the process of producing new DNA molecules?
What are some of the functions of proteins?
How is protein synthesized?
What is the difference between transcription and translation?
What is a codon?
How does DNA code for proteins?
How is RNA made?
How does RNA compare to DNA?
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