Reference no: EM132614518

1) State three important function of fats in an organism.

2) Compare saturated, unsaturated, and polyunsaturated fats.

3) Plant fats are liquid at room temperature. What is the process that is used to create peanut butter?

4) What is the difference between starch and glycogen?

5) What happens to the structure of glucose when it is placed in an aqueous solution?

6) How is the structure of steroids different from the structure of other lipids? List three biological functions of steroids.

7) What is the role of the sugar and phosphate groups in the structure of nucleic acids?

8) Explain the similarities and differences between DNA and RNA.

9) How does the function of nucleic acids differ from that of other types of macromolecules?

10) Describe the basic characteristics of primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary protein structure.

11) (a) List the five bases that are found in a nucleic acid.

(b) What are the other components of a nucleic acid? Sketch an example of a nucleotide that contains them.

(c) Explain the bonding that occurs between nucleotides when they form a long strand.