Biochemistry Task Sheet

Read Section 2.2 in your text book pages 40-43

1. Why is water so important for life?

2. What are hydrogen bonds?
3. Define specific heat.
4. What is adhesion? What is cohesion?
5. A solution is made of two parts. What are they? Give an example of a
solution and describe the two parts.
6. The pH of a substance is determined by the concentration of what ion?
7. What is the range of the pH scale? Which end is the acidic end and which
end is the basic end?

Read Section 2.3 pages 44-48

8. What is the difference between a monomer and a polymer?

9. What are carbohydrates?
10.What is the primary purpose of carbohydrates?
11.What are the three polysaccharides?
12.What are lipids?
13.What is the purpose of lipids?
14.Differentiate between a saturated and an unsaturated fat.
15.What are proteins?
16.What are the purposes of proteins?
17.What are the monomers that make up proteins?
18.What are the nucleic acids?
19.What is the purpose of the nucleic acids?
20.What sugar is found in DNA?

Read Section 2.4 and 2.5 pages 50-56

21.In a chemical reaction, what are reactants and what are products?
22.In a chemical reaction, what is activation energy?
23.Differentiate between endothermic and exothermic reactions.
24.What is a catalyst?
25.How is an enzyme a catalyst?
26.What do we call the reactants in a reaction involving enzymes?
27.How does the structure of an enzyme affect what types of things it reacts
with?

From the lab

28.What are we using to test for the presence of sugars?

29.What test are we using to determine if proteins are present?
30.What is the test that we are using to determine the presence of lipids?