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BIOL1007 Module 1 Exam 48 Questions with Verified Answers What are the 6 common essential elements for life - CORRECT ANSWER Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen Phosphorus Sulfur Why is Carbon so important? - CORRECT ANSWER Life is carbon-based. It can bond with itself and other element...

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What are the 6 common essential elements for life - CORRECT ANSWER Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorus
Sulfur

Why is Carbon so important? - CORRECT ANSWER Life is carbon-based.
It can bond with itself and other elements.
It has a 'sweet spot' of stability for forming covalent bonds.

What are the 8 properties of life? - CORRECT ANSWER Order,
Energy,
Processing,
Sensitivity/Response to stimuli,
Reproduction,
Growth/Development,
Regulation/Homeostasis,
Adaptation (physical or behavioural),
Evolution

Define polar/hydrophilic - CORRECT ANSWER Oppositely charged, Water loving

Define non-polar/hydrophobic - CORRECT ANSWER Equally charged, Water hating

Name 5 main molecule types - CORRECT ANSWER Water,
Carbohydrates/sugars/saccharides,
Lipids,
Amino acids,
nucleotides

, Describe the key features of water - CORRECT ANSWER Polar compound,
hydrogen bonding,
stabilises temperature,
water tension/capillary action

Describe the key features of carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER Polar,

1. Monosaccharides (simple sugars), composed of Cn(H2O)n -> lots of O means
very polar, usually form rings (glucose -> 6 ring, ribose -> 5 ring)

2. Disaccharides (2 monosaccharides)

3. Sugar polymers (long chains of monosaccharides) eg starch (storage), chitin
(protection), cellulose (structure)

Describe the key features of lipids - CORRECT ANSWER Hydrophobic, saturated
(straight), unsaturated (bent)

Functions: Energy storage (triglycerols), signalling (steroids), protection +
waterproofing (waxes), structure/barriers (waxes/phospholipids)

Phospholipid bilayer (hydrophobic tail, hydrophilic head), separate different
aqueous environments.

Describe the key features of amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER Alpha-amino acids:
Building blocks of proteins. Made up of an amino acid +amino group + carboxylic
acid group.

20 commonly occurring amino acids found in proteins.

Describe the key features of nucleotides - CORRECT ANSWER Made up of:
Phosphate group (negatively charged, polar)
Sugar (ribose or deoxyribose)
Nucleobase (A,G,C,T,U)

In what direction do you read a nucleic acid? - CORRECT ANSWER 5' to 3'

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