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Mrs. G-M (Biology)
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List of Topics to Know for Unit 3—The Chemistry of Life
Basic Chemistry (3.1)
 What is chemistry?
 What is matter?
o What is matter made of?
 What is an element?
o What determines the element?
o What are elements made of?
o What are the 6 most abundant elements in biological matter?
 What is an atom?
o What makes up an atom? (What are the 3 subatomic particles?)
 Where is each subatomic particle located?
 What is the charge of each subatomic particle?
 What is the symbol for each subatomic particle?
 Which 2 subatomic particles make up most of the mass of atoms?
 Which subatomic particle has negligible mass?
o Why do atoms found in their neutral state have no charge?
o What would happen if an atom gained an electron?
o What would happen if an atom lost an electron?
o What do we call an atom that has a charge (b/c it gained/lost an electron)?
o How do we classify atoms?
o Know how to use the periodic table to figure out the atomic number, # of protons, # of electrons, atomic mass, # of
neutrons, and symbol for an element.
o Up to how many electrons can the first energy level hold?
o Up to how many electrons can all the other energy levels hold?
o What must happen before starting to put electrons into the next energy level?
o Know how to draw a Bohr model of an atom.
 Bonding
o What is the “valence” level in an atom?
o What happens if the valence level is full?
o What happens if the valence level is not full?
o What is a covalent bond?
 Know what a diagram of a covalent bond would look like.
o What is an ionic bond?
 Know what a diagram of an ionic bond would look like.
 What are molecules/compounds?
 What does a chemical formula tell us?
o What do subscripts tell us?
 What do chemical equations represent?
o What do coefficients tell us?
 What is pH?
o How is pH expressed?
o What scale is used for pH?
 What is the pH range for acids?
 What is the pH of a neutral substance?
 What is the pH range for bases?
# _____ Name __________________________
Date ____________
Mrs. G-M (Biology)
Period ___________
List of Topics to Know for Unit 3—The Chemistry of Life
Biological Chemistry (3.2)
 Inorganic molecules
o Structure?
o Examples?
o What molecule is an exception to the rule?
 Organic molecules
o Must contain…
 Usually also contain…
o Structure?
o Why does it have that type of structure?
 Monomers/Polymers
o What is a monomer?
o What is a polymer?
 4 major types of organic (biological) macromolecules
o Carbohydrates
 Monomer
 examples
 Polymer
 Examples
 functions
o lipids
 building blocks
 Examples
 functions
o proteins
 Monomer
 examples
 Polymer
 Examples
 functions
o nucleic acids
 Monomer
 examples
 Polymer
 Examples
 functions