Chapter 3 Chemistry of Life: Powerpoint Outline
Section 1: Matter and Substances KEY IDEAS
What makes up matter?
Why do atoms form bonds?
What are some important interactions between substances in living things?
ATOMS: What makes up matter?
All matter is made up of _____________________.
An atom has a positively charged core surrounded by a negatively charged region.
Every living and nonliving thing is made of matter.
MATTER is anything that has mass and takes up space.
1. Are Atoms indivisible?
An ATOM is the smallest unit of matter that cannot be broken down by chemical means.
The nucleus of an atom is made up of positively charged PROTONS and uncharged NEUTRONS.
Negatively charged __________________ have very little mass and move around the nucleus in a large region called the
electron cloud.
2. What are the masses in Atomic Mass Units (amu) of the PROTON _____ NEUTRON_____ ELECTRON_____
An ELEMENT is a substance made up of atoms that have the same number of protons.
– For example, each atom of the element carbon has six protons.
– Atoms of an element may have different numbers of neutrons. These atoms are called
________________________ of elements.
3. What is the difference between the isotopes of Carbon known as C 14 and C12 ?
CHEMICAL BONDS: Why do atoms form bonds?
THE OCTET RULE
CHEMICAL BONDS form because most atoms become stable when they have eight electrons in the valence shell. The electron cloud of an atom may have levels.
Electrons in the outermost level, or shell, are called ___________________________________. Atoms tend to combine with each other such that eight electrons will be in the valence shell.
4. How many Valence electrons does Oxygen have?
CHEMICAL BONDS
When atoms combine, a force called a chemical bond holds them together. When atoms of different elements combine, a _________________________________ forms.
A compound is a substance made of the bonded atoms of two or more elements.
COVALENT BONDS
One way that atoms bond is by sharing valence electrons to form a _________________________ BOND.
– A ________________________________ is a group of atoms held together by covalent bonds.
– A water molecule, H2O, forms when an oxygen atom forms covalent bonds with two hydrogen atoms.
IONIC BONDS
Atoms can achieve a stable valence level by losing or gaining electrons, resulting in a positive or negative charge.
– An ________ is an atom or group of atoms that has an electric charge because it has gained or lost electrons.
– The attractive force between oppositely charged ions is an IONIC BOND.
5. Predict which type of bond would be formed between Sulfur and Oxygen? Ionic or Covalent (circle one)
Potassium and Chlorine? Ionic or Covalent (circle one)
POLARITY
What are some important interactions between substances in living things?
POLARITY plays an important role in many of the molecules that make up living things.
In some covalent bonds, the shared electrons are attracted more strongly to one atom than to the other.
As a result, one end of the molecule has a partial negative charge, while the other has a partial positive charge.
Molecules with partial charges on opposite ends are said to be ________________.
The partially charged ends of polar molecules attract opposite charges. Because of this behavior, polar molecules can
dissolve other polar molecules and ionic compounds.
– For example, water can dissolve sugar and salt.
______________________ substances, such as oil, grease, and
wax, do not dissolve well in water.
When bonded to an oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom has a partial charge nearly as great as a proton’s
charge.
– It attracts the negative pole of other nearby molecules. This attraction, called a _________________________,
is stronger than attractions between other molecules, but not as strong as covalent bonds.
6. Is an ionic compound like NaCl polar or nonpolar?
Section 2: Water and Solutions
KEY IDEAS
What makes water a unique substance?
How does the presence of substances dissolved in water affect the properties of water?
PROPERTIES OF WATER: What makes water a unique substance?
Most of the unique properties of water result because water molecules form __________________ with each other.
Water has many unique properties that make it an important substance for life.
When water freezes, the crystal structure formed due to hydrogen bonding makes _______ less dense than liquid water.
Water can absorb a large amount of heat without changing temperature.
This property can help organisms maintain a constant internal temperature. Is known as LATENT HEAT
The attraction of particles of the same substance, such as water, is called COHESION. Cohesion keeps water from
evaporating easily; thus, water is a liquid at ordinary temperatures.
Water molecules also stick to other polar molecules in a process called __________________.
This attraction between particles of different substances is called adhesion.
7. Give an example of adhesion from your experience.
SOLUTIONS: How does the presence of substances dissolved in water affect the properties of water?
In solutions, some substances change the balance of hydronium ions and hydroxide ions.
A solution is a mixture in which ions or molecules of one or more substances are evenly distributed in another substance.
Many substances are transported throughout living things as solutions of water.
Dissolved substances can move more easily within and between cells.
Some water molecules break apart to form hydronium and hydroxide ions.
In pure water, hydronium and hydroxide ions are present in equal numbers.
Acids and bases are compounds that change the balance of these ions.
– ACIDS are compounds that form extra __________________ ions when dissolved in water.
– BASES are compounds that form extra hydroxide ions when dissolved in water.
– When acids and bases are mixed, the extra hydronium and hydroxide ions react to form water. 8. What is produced when we mix acids and bases?
pH is a measure of how acidic or basic a solution is.
– Each one-point increase in pH represents a 10-fold decrease in hydronium ion concentration.
– Pure water has a pH of 7. Acidic solutions have a pH __________ 7, and basic solutions have a pH
above 7.
– The pH of solutions in living things must be stable.
For a stable pH to be maintained, the solutions in living things contain buffers.
– A buffer is a substance that reacts to prevent pH changes in a solution.
9. Give an example of a common acidi and basic food you eat or drink.
Section 3: Carbon Compounds KEY IDEAS
What are the chemicals of life made from?
What is the role of carbohydrates in cells?
What do lipids do?
What determines the function of proteins?
What do nucleic acids do?
BUILDING BLOCKS OF CELLS: What are the chemicals of life made from?
Large, complex biomolecules are built from a few smaller, simpler, repeating units arranged in an precise way.
The parts of a cell are made up of large, complex molecules, often called __________________________.
The basic unit of most biomolecules contains atoms of carbon.
Carbon atoms can form covalent bonds with as many as four other atoms.
10. Draw the electron orbital diagram and ground state configuration of Carbon.
CARBOHYDRATES: What is the role of carbohydrates in cells?
Cells use carbohydrates for sources of energy, ______________________ materials, and cellular identification.
Carbohydrates are molecules made of sugars. A sugar contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of 1:2:1.
Carbohydrates are a major source of energy for many organisms, including humans.
Chitin and cellulose are complex carbohydrates that provide support.
– Chitin is found in the shells of insects and the cell walls of mushrooms.
– Cellulose is found in the cell walls of plants. In a complex organism, cells recognize neighboring
cells by
the short, branched chains of varying sugar units on their outer surface.
11. Write the equations that describe Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration.
LIPIDS: What do lipids do?
The main functions of lipids include storing energy and controlling water movement.
Lipids are another class of biomolecules, which includes fats, phospholipids, steroids, and waxes.
Lipids consist of chains of carbon atoms bonded to each other and to hydrogen atoms.
This structure makes lipids repel water.
The main purpose of fats is to store energy. Fats can store energy even more efficiently than carbohydrates.
The cell’s boundary is made of ___________________________.
The structure of cell membranes depends on how this molecule interacts with water.
Waxes, found on the surfaces of plants and aquatic bird feathers, help prevent evaporation of water from the cells of the
organism.
12. Draw a phospholipid here
PROTEINS: What determines the function of proteins?
Proteins are chains of amino acids that twist and fold into certain shapes that determine what the proteins do.
There are many types of proteins that perform many types of functions.
Proteins are involved in structure, support, movement, communication, transportation, and carrying out chemical reactions.
A protein is a molecule made up of amino acids, building blocks that link to form proteins.
– Every amino acid has an amino group and a carboxyl group.
- Units of amino acids can form links called ___________________________
– The side group gives an amino acid its unique properties. Twenty different amino acids are found in proteins.
13. Draw two single amino acids and have them join with a peptide bond. Show which atoms make the H 2O
For each type of protein, amino acids are arranged in a specific order, the protein’s primary structure.
– The interactions of the various side groups may form coils and folds, the protein’s secondary structure.
– The overall shape of a single chain of amino acids is the protein’s tertiary structure.
– The quaternary structure is the overall shape that results from combining the chains to form proteins.
14. Why is a proteins shape or structure important in its function?
NUCLEIC ACIDS: What do nucleic acids do?
Nucleic acids store and transmit hereditary information.
A nucleic acid is a long chain of nucleotide units.
A nucleotide is a molecule made up of three parts: a sugar, a base, and a phosphate group.
– Nucleotides of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, contain the sugar ____________________.
– Nucleotides of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, contain the sugar RIBOSE.
- DNA molecules act as “instructions” for the processes of an organism’s life.
– DNA consists of TWO strands of nucleotides that spiral around each other.
– RNA also interacts with DNA to help decode the information.
Some single nucleotides have other important roles.
– Energy is released in the reaction that breaks off the third phosphate group.
- Other single nucleotides transfer electrons or hydrogen atoms for other life processes.
– Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is a nucleotide that has three phosphate groups and supplies energy to cells.
15. What are the three differences between DNA and RNA?
Section 4: Energy and Metabolism KEY IDEAS
Where do living things get energy?
How do chemical reactions occur?
Why are enzymes important to living things?
CHANGING MATTER: Where do living things get energy?
Living things use different chemical reactions to get the energy needed for life processes.
Living things are made of matter, which consists of a substance with a form.
Changes constantly occur in living things.
– A ________________________change occurs when only the form or shape of the matter changes.
– A chemical change occurs when a substance changes into a different substance. Matter is neither created nor destroyed in any change.
This observation is called the LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS.
Every change in matter requires a change in energy.
Energy may change from one form to another, but the total amount
of energy does not change. This observation is called the LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.
CHEMICAL REACTIONS: How do chemical reactions occur?
Chemical reactions can only occur when the activation energy is available and the correct atoms are aligned. Changing a substance requires a chemical reaction.
During this process, bonds between atoms are broken, and new ones are formed. A reactant is a substance that is changed in a chemical reaction. A product is a new substance that is ______________________. Chemical reactions can only occur under the right conditions.
– To form new bonds, the particles must collide fast enough to overcome the repulsion between their
negatively charged electron clouds.
– The activation energy of a reaction is the minimum kinetic energy required to start a chemical reaction.
– Even if enough energy is available, the product still may not form.
– When the reactant particles collide, the correct atoms must be brought close together in the proper
orientation. 16. Diagram the formation of the bond between 2 amino acids.
BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS: Why are enzymes important to living things?
By assisting in necessary biochemical reactions, enzymes help organisms maintain homeostasis.
In living things, chemical reactions occur between large, complex biomolecules.
Many of these reactions require large ACTIVATION ENERGIES.
Many of these reactions would not occur quickly enough to sustain life without the help of _____________________.
17. Draw two graphs that show an exothermic or exergonic reaction and an endothermic or endergonic reaction.
An enzyme is a molecule that increases the speed of biochemical reactions.
– Enzymes hold molecules close together and in the correct orientation.
- An enzyme lowers the ACTIVATION ENERGY of a reaction.
– Each enzyme has an _____________________, the region where the reaction takes place.
– The shape of the active site determines which reactants, or substrates, will bind to it.
Each different enzyme acts only on specific substrates.
– Binding of the substrates causes the enzyme’s shape to change. This change causes some bonds in the
substrates to break and new bonds to form.
– Most enzymes need a certain range of temperatures and pH.
18. Diagram an enzyme substrate Complex and identify the active site
19. Why are changes in pH or temperature a problem for enzymes?
Cells get most of the energy needed for metabolism by breaking down food molecules. The release of energy from food molecules occurs in a series of reactions using many enzymes to capture energy in the
form of ATP molecules. The enzymes reduce the_________________________________ so much that only a little energy is needed to start the
reactions. In this process, very little energy is lost as heat.
20. Draw a diagram of Adenosine Triphosphatte (ATP)