Biology EOCT Study Guide
Name_______________________________
Macromolecules/Organic Compounds
Proteins
carbohydrates:
function-
function-
What is the “most” famous carb in Biology? _________
What is its formula? _________
What is the name of the process that produces it?
What is the name of the process that breaks it down?
Lipids
Functions-
What are they made
of?
What is the carb. that is found in plant cell walls?_____
Fungi cell walls?____________
nucleic acids
function-
What are the 2
N.Acids?
__________
__________
Enzymes
How do enzymes function as catalysts?
1.
-What’s a catalyst do to the rate of a chemical reaction?
2.
-What type of macromolecule are enzymes? (carbohydrate, protein, lipid, or nucleic acid)
3.
-How can you speed up an enzyme?
4.
-How can you slow down an enzyme?
5.
-Sometimes enzymes are denatured (destroyed).
a. What can we do to denature enzymes?
b.
If an enzyme is denatured, what will happen to the chemical reaction that it controls?
Photosynthesis / Respiration
Plants make it during photosynthesis, and all cells have to break it during respiration. What is it?
Where does all of the energy for organisms originate from?
Where do plants get their energy (glucose/carbohydrates) from?
Where do consumers get their energy from?
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
What is the name of the pigment that traps sunlight?
What is the name of the organelle found in eukaryotes that can perform photosynthesis?
What is the formula for cellular respiration?
-_____________________ respiration occurs without the presence of oxygen to produce only ______ ATPS.
-Where does this type of respiration occur within a cell?
-_____________________ respiration occurs in the presence of oxygen to produce up to _______ ATPS.
- Where does this type of respiration occur within a cell?
According to the theory of Endosymbiosis, these organelles were at one time ancient _______________ that were engulfed by larger cells to
form the first eukaryotes.