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Macromolecule Review
Name:__________________
Use your notes and book to help answer the following questions.
Fill in the following chart:
Macromolecule
Monomer
Polymer
Function
Examples
Elements
Carbohydrate
Protein
Nucleic Acid
Please explain the following terms:
Monomer
Polymer
Dehydration Synthesis
Hydrolysis
After you explain the terms above (monomer, polymer, dehydration synthesis, hydrolysis),
please place them in the proper location in the diagram below. In addition, please show where
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the water is being added in order to break the polymer back down into its monomers and
where water is being removed in order to form a polymer.
PROTEINS:
Please use the following amino acids to answer the questions.
1. Are amino acids organic? How do you know?
2. What four elements do these amino acids have in common?
3. How do these three amino acids differ from each other? (Think like a pirate.)
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4. The following picture represents a chain of amino acids. What name is given to the type
of bond that holds amino acids together?
5. Using the diagram below, please label the alpha helix, beta sheet, and random coil.
6. What does it mean when an enzyme is denatured?
7. Explain the four levels of protein structure (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary).
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NUCLEIC ACIDS:
1. Draw a nucleotide and label all 3 parts.
2. What parts of the nucleotide make up the sides of the DNA ladder?
3. What part of the nucleotide is found in the middle of the DNA ladder?
4. List the 4 nitrogen bases found in DNA (full name, not just letters).
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pairs with __________________
pairs with __________________
5. In the picture, what type of bond forms between nitrogen bases?
8. What is the shape of DNA called?
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CARBOHYDRATES:
1. What are the monomer units of carbohydrates?
2. What purpose do carbohydrates serve in living organisms?
3. A carbohydrate that consists of one sugar is called a
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4. A carbohydrate that consists of two sugars is called a
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5. A carbohydrate that consists of many sugars is called a
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6. Compare and contrast starch and glycogen.
7. Describe the structure of glucose (elements, shape, formula, etc).
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