Biochemistry
Chapter 3 Study Guide
Biology
1. List the three objectives found on page 49 in the text.
2. What is a polar compound? Give an example in the space below.
3. What is a hydrogen bond?
4. Compare and contrast the terms cohesion and adhesion.
5. What is capillarity?
6. List the four objectives found on page 52 in the text.
7. What are organic compounds?
8. What is a functional group?
9. What is an alcohol?
10. What is a monomer? a polymer?
11. What occurs during a condensation reaction?
12. What occurs during hydrolysis?
13. What is ATP?
14. List the four objectives found on page 55 in the text.
17. List and describe the three ways carbohydrates exist.
18. What is a protein?
19. What are amino acids?
20. Compare and contrast a dipeptide and a polypeptide.
21. What is a substrate?
22. What are lipids?
23. What are fatty acids?
24. What is the difference between a molecule that is hydrophilic and one that is hydrophobic?
25. What is a triglyceride?
26. What is a phospholipid?
27. What is a steroid?
28. What are nucleic acids?
29. What is RNA?
30. What is a nucleotide?