1. Draw the structure of water and label the
partial positive and negative charges.
2. Explain how this structure leads to
hydrogen bonding. What is hydrogen
bonding?
3. For each of the properties of water
provide the following information:
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Name of the property
A definition of the property
An explanation of its significance
The conditions that allow it to happen
1. What does pH actually measure for a
solution?
2. What is the range of the pH scale?
Explain what the numbers indicate. What
does it mean that the scale is a logarithm?
3. What is a base?
4. What is an acid?
5. How does a buffer work? Why are they
important?
1. List and describe the tests used to identify
different macromolecules.
2. What is the purpose of dehydration
synthesis? What are the products? What are
the reactants?
3. What is the purpose of hydrolysis? What are
the products? What are the reactants?
4. What functions do carbohydrates carry out?
5. List the monomer and polymer of
carbohydrates. What ratio would you expect
to find when looking at its chemical
formula? Draw a picture of each.
1. What are the functions of lipids? Which type of
lipid is responsible for each function?
2. What is the difference between saturated and
unsaturated fats? Draw the structure of a fatty
acid.
3. What is the function of nucleic acids?
4. What is the monomer and the polymer? Draw a
picture of the monomer.
5. What are the functions of proteins?
6. What is the monomer? What is the polymer?
Draw the monomer and state the type of bond
that links them together.
7. What is an enzyme? Explain how they function.