Objectives Set 2

Objective set 2

Chapter 2

Chemistry (Lecture notes):

1. Know the chemical formula of water.
2. What is meant by the phrase, “water is a polar molecule?
3. Water is a polar molecule, why is this important?
4. Why is water a good solvent?
5. What kinds of molecules can dissolve in water?
6. What is meant by the term hydrophilic?
7. What kinds of molecules is water not a good solvent for?
8. What does the term hydrophobic mean?
9. Why is water important in some chemical reactions?
10. Define the term hydrolysis.
11. What is meant by the phrase “high heat capacity?
12. Why is this property of water (high heat capacity) important as far as life is concerned?
13. Give some examples of how water is used as a lubricant in your own body.
14. What is the definition of an inorganic compound? Give some examples.
15. What is the definition of an organic compound? Give some examples.
16. What happens to inorganic acids, bases and salts when placed in water?
17. Know and understand the pH scale.
18. Be able to identify a solution, which has an acidic, basic or neutral pH.
19. What is a mixture?
20. What are the four major types of organic molecules found in the body?
21. What property of carbon makes it a good atom to form complex molecules?
22. What is the definition of a macromolecule?
23. What are the three (3) major groups of carbohydrates?
24. Define the terms monosaccharides, disaccharide and polysaccharide.
25. What are the functions of carbohydrates in the body?
26. What is glycogen?
27. Name and describe the three (3) major types of lipids discussed in lecture.
28. Name some important functions of lipids in the body.
29. What are some functions of proteins in the body?
30. What is subunit or monomer that makes up proteins?
31. What type of bond holds amino acids together?
32. What are the four levels of structural organization of proteins?
33. Why is structure important in proteins?
34. What is an enzyme? What does it do and how does it function?
35. Why are they important in the human body?
36. What does DNA stand for? What does RNA stand for?
37. What are these two molecules composed of?
38. What is the function of nucleic acids?
39. What is ATP and what is it used for in the cell?