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Molecule Madness Online Learning Activity
Go to the following websites to fill in the chart below and to answer the
questions below.
http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/baile1re/bio101fall/atmolorga/molecu/moleprez/sl
d001.htm
http://www2.visalia.k12.ca.us/eldiamante/science/biology/powerpoints/biochem.pdf
http://faculty.dccc.edu/~rmarcus/Unit01/04BiologicalMolecules.pdf
http://www.bmhsla.org/academics/faculty/teachers/lwalle/files/Honors%20Biology/HonorsBioCh3.p
df
(When you open the website above, change the view to 150%).
Type of
Molecule
Elements
Monomers
General
structure
Function
Examples
Test for
Questions:
1. Describe the relationship between a monomer and a polymer and give
an example from one of the macromolecules in the chart.
2. Which macromolecule is not a polymer?
3. What is the chemical process that links the monomers together?
4. What is the chemical process that breaks monomers apart?
5. What essential protein is involved in the breaking and linking of
monomers?
6. Describe the differences between a monosaccharide, a disaccharide,
and a polysaccharide?
7. Name three important polysaccharides. Describe their functions.
8. What type of molecule is glucose?
9. How many different amino acids are there?
10. One of the most important roles of proteins is to function as enzymes.
Generally, describe the function of enzymes.
11. What does it mean to say that a protein functions by a “lock and key”
model?
12. What is the active site of a protein?
13. What determines the shape of a protein?
14. What type of molecule is insulin? What is the function of insulin?
15. What type of molecule if hemoglobin?
hemoglobin?
What is the function of