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Chapter 6-3 Organic Molecule Building Lab
Pages 157-163
Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________
1. How many electrons does Carbon have available for bonding in its outer energy level? ______
2. Below, sketch each type of bond that Carbon can form.
Single Bond
Double Bond
Triple Bond
3. List three different shapes Carbon can bond to each other.
A.______________________ B. ______________________ C. ______________________
4. Define isomers.
5. Give two examples of isomers: ______________________ and ______________________
6. What is a polymer?
7. In figure 6.17 on page 158, what compound is released when glucose and fructose are joined
together to form sucrose? ______________________
8. What is the ration of elements in Carbohydrates?
Carbon _________________ Hydrogen _________________ Oxygen_________________
9. The simplest type of carbohydrate is a simple sugar called a ______________________.
10. Give 2 examples. ______________________ and ______________________
11. Two monosaccharides can combine to form a ______________________.
Give an example______________________ What 2 monosaccharides joined to form this
disaccharide? ______________________ and ______________________
12. The largest carbohydrate molecules are ______________________.
13. Give and example of a polysaccharide that stores energy in plant cells, seeds, and bulbs. _________
14. Give an example of a polysaccharide that stores energy in the liver of mammals. _______________
15. A glucose polymer that forms cell walls of plants to give structural support is __________________.
16. Using Figure 6.17 on page 158, build a molecule with your partner.
Get checked off by the teacher. _____________ What type of molecule is this? ________________
Chapter 6-3 Organic Molecule Building Lab
Pages 157-163
Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________
17. Join your glucose with another group’s glucose. One group must remove an H and the other group
must remove an OH. Get checked off by your teacher. _____________
What type of molecule is this? __________________
This process is called a ___________________ ______________________. (on board) If you were
to break this large molecule apart into the two original glucose molecules, the process would be
______________________ (on board). What would you have to add back in for this to occur?
______________________ Add it in.
18. Lipids are large biomolecules made mostly of _________________ and _________________ with
small amounts of _________________. Give 4 examples of lipids: _________________,
_________________, _________________, and _________________.
19. Why are lipids insoluable in water?
20. In figure 6.20, you see the molecular structure of a neutral fat or triglyceride. It consists of 3
_________________ linked with a molecule of _________________.
21. If each Carbon in a fatty acid chain is bonded to other Carbons by single bonds, the fatty acid is
_________________. Give an example. _________________
22. If a double bond is present, the fatty acid is _________________. Fatty acids with more than 2
double bonds are said to be _________________. Give an example _________________
23. List 4 important functions of lipids to organisms:
A. ______________________
B. ______________________
C. ______________________
D. ______________________
24. With your partner, build a molecule of caproic acid, a common fatty acid. Get checked off________
If you were to join this fatty acid to a glycerol molecule, what would you have to remove in order to
join the molecules? ________________ Notice the C=OOH group. What is this called? __________
25. Proteins: List 2 reasons why proteins are essential to life.
A. ______________________
B. ______________________
26. What 4 elements make up all proteins? _________________, _________________,
_________________, and _________________.
27. What are the building blocks of proteins? ______________________
Chapter 6-3 Organic Molecule Building Lab
Pages 157-163
Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________
List four things proteins are important for:
A. ____________________________________
B. __________________________________
C. ____________________________________
D. __________________________________
28. How many proteins are there? _________________
29. To link amino acids together, a _______ must be removed from the amino group and an _______
must be removed from the COOH to form water. The covalent bond is called a _________________
30. The ______________________ and ______________________ of amino acids are important in
determining its shape. Many proteins consist of two or more amino acid chains held together by
__________________ bonds. If the __________________ of amino acids were to change, the
protein might fold differently and not be able to carry out its __________________ in the cell.
31. With your partner, build a model of glycine. Get checked off by your teacher________
Join your glycine to another group’s glycine. What must be removed in order for the molecules to
join? __________________ What type of bond did you form? __________________
32. What do enzymes do?
33. Enzymes are involved in nearly all __________________ processes. The activities of enzymes
depend on __________________, __________________, and __________________ of the
surroundings.
34. Enzymes act like a __________________ and __________________ to facilitate chemical reactions
within a cell. Sketch an enzyme and substrate. Label each, and also label the active site of the
enzyme.
35. Nucleic Acids store __________________ __________________ in the form of a code.
36. What are the subunits (monomers) of nucleic acids? __________________
37. What 5 elements are present in nucleic acids? __________________, __________________,
__________________, __________________, and __________________
38. What are the three groups that nucleic acids are arranged in? __________________,
__________________, and __________________
39. What does DNA do?
40. What does RNA do?
Chapter 6-3 Organic Molecule Building Lab
Pages 157-163
Compound
Made of
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Name: ________________________
Date: _________ Period: _________
Monomer/Polymers
Examples