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Biology/Goal 4.1 Organic Molecules TEST STUDY GUIDE

1. What is the most abundant element in living things? Carbon
2. When hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water, water would be the what? The product
3. What is a catalyst? Something that speeds up chemical rxns
4. What organic compound is the main source of energy for all living things? carbohydrates
5. What is the term used to describe the energy needed to get a reaction started? Activation energy
6. Simple sugar is to starch as amino acid is to? protein
7.Identify the reactants in the following chemical reaction. CO2 + H2O

H2 CO3

8.Enzymes affect the reactions in living cells by changing the what? Speed of the rxns
9.What is a monosaccharide? Simple sugar monomer of carbohydrates
10.Enzymes are examples of what organic molecule? protein
11.
ORGANIC MOLECULES
Carbohydrates

MONOMERS
Monosaccharide

Proteins

Amino acids

Lipids

Glycerol and fatty acids

Nucleic acids

nucleotids

12.
What is this structure? Glycerol + fatty acid monomver
What does it make up? lipids
13. What is this structure and what does it make up?

carbohydrates

(but the shape is a monosaccharide)

14.

What are these shapes? Amino acids

What do they make up? proteins

15.If it ends in ose it is a ___sugar_____. If it ends in ase it is a ___enzyme____.

16.Cellulose is an example of what organic molecule? carbohydrate
17.What is an example of a protein that is carried by the RBCs? Hemoglobin (oxygen)
18.Insulin is a __protein (hormaone)_ and is produced by the pancreas.
19.What organic molecule carries genetic info? Nucleic Acids

20. Steroids and phospholipids are examples of what organic molecule? Lipids
21.Nucleotides are the monomers of what? Nucleic Acids
22.What organic molecule help make up biological membranes? Lipids (phospholipid bilayer)
23.

Label these parts and what do they make up

together? nucleotide

24. Compare enzymes to a lock and key. Very specific! Certain

enzymes will only fit certain reactancts (substrates!) just like
keys only fit certain locks
25. The substrate is the __reactant_ of the reaction.
26. The enzyme has an _active site___ that is specific to fit the substrate.
27.According to the Enzyme Catalase Lab, are enzymes reusable? YES!
28.What 2 major things affect the activity of enzymes? pH and Temperature
29. Shape is important to what organic molecule? proteins
30.
ORGANIC MOLECULES
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic acids

EXAMPLES
Glucose, cellulose, glycogen, starch
Phospholipids, steroids
Insulin, hemoglobin, enzymes
DNA, RNA

30.
ORGANIC MOLECULES
Carbohydrates

FUNCTIONS
Quick energy

Lipids

Make up membranes, some hormones,

Proteins

stored energy
Regulate rxn time, repair and build,
transport

Nucleic acids

Carry/store genetic information