Download Organic Molecule Worksheet

Organic Molecule Worksheet
Answer Questions on Separate Sheet of Paper
Part 1 Questions:
 Color each of the
elements on the
worksheet according to
the color listed next to the
element's symbol.
 Color code the squirrel
with the correct
proportion of each
element's color.
 Color code the carrot with
the same colors as you
used on the squirrel.
1. Name the 4 main
elements that make up
95% of an organism.
2. Name the 4 types of
bonds carbon can form.
3. What are macromolecules?
4. Name the 4 classes of macromolecules.
5. Give 2 examples of nucleic acids.
6. What elements make up carbohydrates & lipids (symbols)?
7. Name 3 elements your body needs trace amounts of for proper functioning.
H
O
H
C
Part 2 Questions:
 Color code the glucose
molecule on this worksheet
 (carbon-black, hydrogenyellow, and oxygen-red).
H
C
H
O
H
H
C
O
8. Use your textbook to help
draw the structural formulas
for fructose and glucose.
9. Use the diagram of glucose
to tell how many carbons,
hydrogens, and oxygens are
in a single glucose molecule.
C
O
H
H
O
H
H
C
H
C
O
H
Part 2 Questions Continued:
10. If all the macromolecules are made mainly of the elements CHO, how are they different?
11. Name 2 ways your body uses carbohydrates.
12. What are the subunits called that make up carbohydrates?
13. What is the ratio of C, H, and O in monosaccharides?
14. Name 3 monosaccharides.
15. Monosaccharides are ___ sugars.
16. What are disaccharides & give an example?
17. Long chains of sugars are ___. Name three.
Part 3 Questions:
 Color code the amino acid on this worksheet (carbonblack, hydrogen-yellow, nitrogen-blue, and oxygen-red).
18. Use your textbook to find and circle the amino group
and box the carboxyl groups on the drawing to the right.
19. What subunits make up proteins?
20. Amino acids are linked together to make proteins by
removing a molecule of ___ in a process called ___.
21. ___ bonds form when water is removed to hold ___ ___
together.
H
H
N
H
C
O
C
R group
Part 4 Questions:
22. Lipids are nonpolar. What does this mean?
23. Will lipids (oils and fats) dissolve in water?
24. ___ makes up cell membranes.
25. Name a waxy lipid covering plants.
26. Lipids have more ___ and ___ than they do oxygen atoms.
27. If there are all SINGLE bonds between ___ in the fatty acid chain, then it is said to be ___.
28. If there is a DOUBLE bond between ___ in the fatty acid chain, then it is said to be ___.
29. ___ layers of ___ make up the cell membrane.
30. The head of a phospholipid is water ___ and is said to be ___.
31. The 2 tails of a phospholipid is water ___ and is said to be ___.
Part 5 Questions:
Color and label the parts of a nucleotide - color the sugar (5-sided)-green, phosphate group (round)yellow, and nitrogen base (6-sided)-blue.
Nucleotide
H
Part 5 Questions Continued:
32. Nucleic acids carry ___ information in a molecule called ___ or ___.
33. DNA has the instructions for making a cell's ___.
34. ___ are the subunits making up nucleic acid.
35. The 3 parts of a nucleotide are a ___ ___, a ___ ___ ___, a ___, and one ___ ___.
Final Questions:
1. Name the four classes of macromolecules, list the symbols of the elements that make up each and
name the monomer(s) that make up each:
Macromolecule
Monomer
Elements
1.
2.
3.
4.
2. What process is used to link amino acids together?
3. Name the bonds found between amino acids in a polypeptide chain.
4. Explain the difference between a monosaccharide, a disaccharide and a polysaccharide. Give an
example of each.
5. What two functional groups are found in amino acids?
6. Name the subunit that makes up fats?
7. What is the difference between a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid?