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Name: _______________________
CHAPTER 3 WORKSHEET
(BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES)
TABLE 1: NAME THE FOUR GROUPS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES AND MAIN FUNCTIONS. (PG 40)
organic
molecule
Main Functions
Carbohydrates
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Lipids
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Proteins
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Nucleic Acids
___________________________________________________________
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GENERAL QUESTIONS:
1. What process is used to break down a large organic molecule into two smaller ones?
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2. What process is used to take two small organic molecules and build a large one?
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Name: _______________________
CARBOHYDRATE: (PG 40-44)
3. True/False: Carbohydrates are hydrophobic
4. What three monosaccharides have six carbons?
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_______________________
_______________________
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5. What two monosaccharides have five carbons?
_______________________
_______________________
6. Name three disaccharides, and their subunits
Disaccharide
Subunits
_________________
_________________ + __________________
_________________
_________________ + __________________
_________________
_________________ + __________________
7. Name four polysaccharides
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
LIPIDS:
1. True/False: Lipids are hydrophilic
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2. Fats and Oils are composed of three long chains of _____________________
and an alcohol called _____________________
3. True/False: Fats have lots of double bonds in their fatty acid chains
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4. True/False: Oils have lots of double bonds in their fatty acid chains
_______
5. Place an “X” next to the saturated molecule
Fat: _____
Oil: _____
6. Phospholipids are composed of two long chains of
_____________________
and an alcohol called _____________________
and a polar head called ____________________
7. How would you describe the shape of a steroid? _________________________
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Name: _______________________
PROTEINS:
1. A protein is a long chain of what smaller molecules? _____________________
2. What are the four levels of protein structure?
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
3. One amino acid is composed of a Carbon attached to what four functional groups?
(Refer to Pg. 48, figure 3-18)
NUCLEIC ACIDS:
1. A nucleic acid is composed of a sugar and what other two molecules? (Pg. 53; Fig 3-24)
_____________________
_____________________
2. What type of sugar does DNA contain?
_____________________
3. What type of sugar does RNA contain?
_____________________
4. Name another nucleic acid other than DNA and RNA
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