Name: __________________________ Class: _____________________ Date: _____________________

Chemistry of Life Study Guide

Vocabulary
1. Element 2. Compound 3. Mixture 4. Atom 5. Ion 6. Isotope 7. Valence Electrons 8. Covalent bond 9. Ionic bond 10. Buffers 11. Hydrophobic 12. Nucleic acid 13. Denaturation -

Short Answer
1. Fill out the table below regarding the subatomic particles: Charge Protons Neutrons Electrons Location Mass (Heavy or Light) Purpose Within Atom

2. What are the four elements that make up most of living matter?

Anatomy Teaching Resources

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Name: ___________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ____________________ 3. How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are found in sodium-23? (Atomic number = 11) 4. How can you tell by looking at a molecule whether it will have a lot of potential energy? 5. Show how a single bond, double bond, and triple bond are drawn using carbon atoms. 6. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. How many covalent bonds can it form? How do you know? 7. Why are sodium and chlorine ions attracted to each other? What kind of bond do they form? 8. Salts usually dissolve and break apart when in water. Sugar never does. What is the difference between these two molecules? 9. Describe each of the following properties of water: a. Cohesion:

b. Adhesion:

c. Heat Capacity:

d. Universal Solvent: 10. Explain how water striders are able to stay on the surface of water.

11. When looking at a pH scale (see below), be able to identify a strong acid, weak acid, strong base, weak base, and neutral substance.

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Name: ___________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ____________________ 12. For each disaccharide, give an example of where it is found and what monosaccharides it is made of: a. Sucrose b. Lactose c. Maltose 13. For each polysaccharide, given example it where it is found and its purpose (structure or energy). a. Cellulose b. Starch c. Glycogen d. Chitin 14. How can herbivores digest cellulose?

15. Why cant lipids dissolve in water?

16. What are fats made of?

17. Explain why saturated fatty acids are solid and unsaturated fatty acids are liquid.

18. How are phospholipids different than fats? What can they dissolve in?

19. What element do amino acids have that other molecules do not?

20. What do each of the chemical tests work against, and what does a positive result look like? Test Benedicts Iodine Sudan IV Biuret Used to Identify Positive Result

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