Monday, October 24, 2011

Biochemistry Study Guide Answers

1.
  • Carbohydrates / energy, plant structure / bread, rice, grain, pasta
  • Protein / transport, speed up reaction, structure / enzymes, hormones, skin, hair, muscles
  • Lipids / barrier, energy / oil, wax fat
  • Nucleic Acid / genetic information / DNA
2. monomer is one unit (example, monosaccharide), polymer is made up of many monomers put together.

3. product (the end product of a chemical reaction, what you make), reactants (starting molecules)

4. proteins

5. 75

6. 65

7. enzymes lower the activation energy. less energy is needed to for reaction to occur.

8. positive

9. active site changes shape, can no longer bind to the substrate

10. a. hydrogen peroxide
b. catalase (enzyme in living cells)
c. hydrogen peroxide
d. water, oxygen gas

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Global Warming Research

The following link is a great resource in regards to the effects of global warming.

Take me there!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Cell Size / Scale

This is the link I showed on Monday that displays the relative size of different things. Enjoy!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/