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BIOCHEMISTRY: The Chemistry of Living Things
CD-ROM Program
To Use the CD-ROM:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Put the CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Plug in the cable.
4. When the Desktop appears, click on the “Biochemistry” icon.
5. Click “Continue” when the “Biochemistry” gray screen is displayed and then “Start”.
6. Start the “Presentation” on the Main Menu. Answer the questions in the lab report as
you go through the presentation.
7. When the lab exercise is completed, eject the CD before shutting down.
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Name:
Section:
Introductory Microbiology
Lab Report
BIOCHEMISTRY: The Chemistry of Living Things
CD-ROM Program
1. What are the smallest basic building blocks of matter?
2. Negatively charged particles orbiting the nucleus of an atom are called
.
3. The number of protons in an atom usually equals the number
.
4. How many electrons does a carbon atom contain?
.
5. What does the atomic number given for each element in the periodic table represent?
6. What four elements make up 96% of living matter?
.
7. Define compound.
8. Electrons are
in a covalent bond.
9. What does it mean if a molecule is ‘polar’?
10. Define ion.
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11. Arrange the following three types of bonds in order of strength, with #1 being the
strongest: ionic bond, hydrogen bond, and covalent bond
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3.
12. In a chemical formula, the subscript next to an element’s symbol represents
13. What six elements are most commonly found in organic compounds?
14. List one inorganic compound essential to living things.
15. List the four major groups of organic compounds found in cells.
16. What is the most common monosaccharide carbohydrate? It is used to store energy.
17. What characteristic do all lipids have in common?
18. List three different types of proteins.
19. What component of amino acids varies between the twenty different types of amino
acids?
20. What are the three components of a nucleotide?
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