Download Macromolecule Study Guide 2016

Name:________________________________________
Class:_________________
1. Name four groups of organic compounds found in living things.
A. __________________________________
C. _________________________________
B. __________________________________
D. _________________________________
2. Describe a function for each of the above compounds:
a. _________________________
c._______________________________
b. _________________________
d. ______________________________
3. What properties of carbon explain carbon’s ability to form difference macromolecules?
4. Explain the relationship between monomers and polymers:
A.
using polysaccharides as an example:
B. Using proteins as an example:
C. Using nucleic acids as an example:
5. Identify 3 major roles of proteins.
6. List the parts of a nucleotide.
7. What makes each amino acid different from one another?
8. Name the 2 basic kinds of nucleic acids. What sugar does each contain?
9. Describe the 2 types of energy changes that can occur in a chemical reaction.
10. What relationship exists between an enzyme and a catalyst?
11. Describe some factors that may influence enzyme activity.
12. What is the attraction of like molecules called?
13. What lowers a chemical reaction’s activation energy?
14. What are the properties of water?
15. Water is a polar molecule, why is it polar?
16. Proteins are polymers formed from ___________________________________.
17. A protein that speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy is a
_________________________________.
18. An enzyme binds to a __________________________________ on the _________________________________.
Name:________________________________________
Class:_________________
19. Some people are said to be lactose intolerant (their body can’t break down milk sugar), why is this?
20. Which of the following macromolecule or monomer is represented from the pictures below?
A. ______________________________
B. ______________________________
C.______________________________
D. ____________________________
c. ___________________________________________
21. What is an acid? What range does it have on the pH scale?
22. What is a base and what range does it have on the pH scale?
23. What is the function of a buffer, and how do buffers help to maintain homeostasis?