Thursday, October 20, 2011

Biochemistry Wordle

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  Elements are important to biochemistry because almost everything in biochemistry is composed of elements. Compounds are the mixture of either elements or chemicals that help cause chemical reactions or helps an organism defend against it's preys. The hydrogen bond is important to biochemistry because it creates a surface tension in the water. Polar Molecules are important because it helps create surface tensions for water, which is the force needed to break the surface of the water, from hydrogen bonds, creates reactions and helps create  bonds. Adhesion is important because it is the force of water being traveled in the stem or trunk of a plant by countering the downward pull of gravity. Cohesion on the other hand with the help of the hydrogen bonding helps transport water within the plant and counter against gravity. Heat and temperature is needed in biochemistry in order to cause reactions and speed up reactions. Buffer is the neutral state between acidic and bases, it is helpful in biochemistry in order to reduce acidic and base solutions. Organic Chemistry is important because it is the study of the organic compound, Carbon, which is found in all living things, and molecule structures. Functional groups are one of the most common chemical reactions. Polymer is made of more then two monomers, which is the basic building blocks in  creating molecules. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and Nucleic Acid are the different types of macromolecules. The peptide  bond is found in the sequence used to create amino acids.

Macromolecule Structure

Assignments: Go through all of the basic shapes and write a blog on five things you learned about macromolecule structures.
1) There are four different kinds of  macromolecules; Carbohydrate, Lipid, Protein, and Nucleic Acid.
2) Monomers are the building blocks for molecules, many monomers make up a polymer.
3) Carbohydrate s are involved in energy storage, production, structure, and signaling.
4) Monosaccharides is composed of only one monomer, they link together to form disaccharides also know as the largest carbonhydrate, polysaccharides.
5) Glucose is the most common monosaccharides.