General Webquest Directions: Put your name, date and block at the top. Find the answers by visiting the links found directly following the questions and reading ALL of the information based on these four macromolecules - carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Type you response after each question.
BASIC CHEMISTRY
1. Draw 2 separate carbon molecules both with four single bonds connected to hydrogen molecules. Next take away two hydrogens from each and connect the carbons together with a double bond (4 points)
2. What is the difference between being ionized and being polar? (2 points)
3. Compare macromolecules to Monomers; complete the chart below (4 points)
|Example of a Macromolecule |Corresponding Monomer |
|polysaccharide | |
| |glycerol, fatty acid |
|protein | |
|nucleic acid | |
Link:
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20101/Bio%20101%20Lectures/Biochemistry/biochemi.htm
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CARBOHYDRATES
1. List the three main groups of carbohydrates. (3 points)
2. Play the animation of dehydration synthesis. What two monosaccarides did you start with? What disaccharide was produced? What molecule was synthesized as a bi-product? (3 points) Link: