STUDY GUIDE –Importance of carbon, monomers & polymers, structure of
amino acids, proteins are essential to the structure and activity of life, protein
structure & enzymes
1. What should I use to study?
a. Importance of carbon notes
b. Monomer & polymer notes
c. Structure of amino acids notes
d. Proteins are essential to the structure and activity of life notes
e. Protein Structure notes
f. Enzyme Animation notes
g. Enzyme notes
h. You can also review the videos on these seven topics
i. Review The formation of carbon-carbon bonds was an important event in
chemical evolution activity
j. Review Monomer & polymer activity
k. Review SIMPLE MOLECULES AND ENERGY LEAD TO MIDSIZED
BUILDING BLOCKS THAT LINKED TO FORM PROTEINS AND OTHER
BIOMOLECULES activity
l. Enzyme activity
m. Enzyme lab
n. Review “Do now’s”
2. What should I study?
a. Importance of Carbon
-What are organic molecules?
-What are biomolecules?
-Why is carbon the best element to serve as the backbone for
biomolecules?
-Why do cells need to synthesize biomolecules?
-Understand the different type of molecular structures you can create
with carbon-ring, branched, chains, double bonded, triple bonded?
-Where do organisms obtain their carbon to build biomolecules and what
process builds organic or biomolecules?
-What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
b. Monomers & Polymers
-What are the four main classes of biomolecules?
-Define macromolecule
-What is a monomer?
-What is a polymer?
-Explain unity within diversity
-What makes each species and individual unique?
-How is the universal nature of atoms and monomers evidence for
evolution?
-What is dehydration synthesis (condensation reaction) and hydrolysis?
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-Is water added or removed in dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis?
-How many monomers are there if given amount of water removed or
added?
-What bond forms between monomers?
-In order for both dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis to proceed fast
enough to be of value, what is needed?
c. Structure of amino acids
-What is the monomer of a protein?
-How many amino acids are there?
-Know structure of amino acid-Alpha carbon, carboxyl group, amino
group, R group, and hydrogen atom
-What makes each of the 20 amino acids different?
-Amino acids link together to form what?
-What is a peptide bond?
-What are a dipeptide, tripeptide, and polypeptide?
d. Proteins Are Essential to the Structure & Activities of Life
-What provides appearance and carries out cell activities for an organism?
-What provides each protein with a specific function?
e. Protein Structure
-What happens if you alter shape of protein?
-What is denaturation and what causes it?
- What are the four levels of organization of a protein?
-What is primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure of a protein?
f. Enzymes
-What are enzymes?
-What is activation energy?
-How do enzymes act to speed up chemical reactions?
-How are enzymes affected by cold temperature, hot temperature, and pH
changes?
-What is active site?
-What is the substrate?
-Can enzymes be reused?
-Are enzymes changed in chemical reactions?
-Are enzymes specific?
-How are enzymes named?
3. Test format
a. 64 questions-Total worth 100 points.
b. 53-nine multiple choice-1.6 points each
c. 9 matching-1.6 points each
d. 1 fill in with short answer 1.6 points
4. Kinds of questions
a. Recall-if given a definition can you provide the word or vise-versa?
b. Identify-If given an example could you identify term
c. Synthesis-Bring information together to come up with answer
5.Question breakdown
a. Importance of carbon-14 questions
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b. Monomers & polymers-14 questions
c. Amino acids-8 questions
d. Proteins are essential to the structure and activity of life notes
-2 questions
e. Protein structure-5 questions
f. Enzymes-21 questions
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