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Summary Unit 1 - Biological Molecules AQA Notes including Specification
Summary notes on the Biological Molecules topic for AQA A Level Biology. Includes sections of the specification and diagrams.
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A polymer is a molecule madeupof a chain of repeating units A condensation reaction
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reaction breaks a chemica
III HEY III KEY
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Tycosidic
bond between molecules
and uses water
galactose t glucose lactose
fructose t glucose sucrose
glucose glucose maltose
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glucose
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B glucose
Polysaccharide structure function
starch a glucose compact so good
i branched or forstorage
unbranched
plant
test for reducing sugars disa
hydrolyses tightcoil
Benedict's test Na analine a glucose
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branched chains
Test for non reducingsugars broken I quickly
animal
reducingtest first add more sample cellulose
B glucose
equal volume of Hcl heat for 5 minutes unbranched
straight strong material
men add Na hydrogen
carbonate retest chains with H bonds
for maintaining
test for starch sample drops of iodine between adjacentchain
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Describetwo differences between thestructure of and
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