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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
SUBJECT: Chemistry / Medicine
UNIT: Applied Biochemistry
TOPIC: Applied Biochemistry
LEVEL: 3
YOUR NAME:
How to use this document
You will use this document to record your answers to the Self-Assessment Questions
(SAQs) in the topic you have just studied.
You should complete the table in Part 1, and the comment box in Part 2. You may add or
delete rows as appropriate when you are completing the table in Part 1.
Once completed, please upload an electronic copy of this document at your Learner
Account (for marking, and to be checked for plagiarism). Please notify your tutor by email
when you have uploaded this document at your Learner Account.
Your tutor will then provide the Answers to SAQs for you to mark your answers, using this
sheet.
Once you have completed and marked all of the SAQ answers for the topics in a particular
unit, your tutor will provide the deadline for your assessment.
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, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
PART 1: SAQ answers
Fill in the following table by writing your answer to each Self-Assessment Question, in your
own words.
When you have completed all of the SAQs in the topic, mark your work using the exemplar
SAQ answers that your tutor will provide.
Before you send your tutor your SAQ answers, please complete Part 2: Comments.
Mark your
answer by
SAQ Questions and Answers deleting
the tick or
the cross
SAQ 1 Question:
1. Explain the difference between a disaccharide and a
polysaccharide.
2. What biomolecule is required as a reactant in a Hydrolysis
reaction, and forms s by-product in a condensation
reaction?
Your answer:
Two monosaccharides are joined to form a disaccharide
(e.g., two glucose monomers are joined to form the
disaccharide maltose). When several monosaccharides are
combined, they form more complex carbohydrates in the
form of a polysaccharide (e.g., many glucose monomers
are bonded together to form glycogen).
H2O. Water (H2O).
SAQ 2 Question:
1. Describe the differences in the structure of a Triglyceride
and a phospholipid.
Your answer:
A glycerol molecule with three linked fatty acid chains via
ester bonds makes up a triglyceride. A phospholipid is a
molecule of glycerol with only two connected fatty acid chains
(tails); the third fatty acid chain is swapped out for a
phosphate group.
SAQ 3 Question:
1. Describe the structure of an amino acid.
2. Proteins have a structural hierarchy, list the four
structures that make up this hierarchy.
Your answer:
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
SUBJECT: Chemistry / Medicine
UNIT: Applied Biochemistry
TOPIC: Applied Biochemistry
LEVEL: 3
YOUR NAME:
How to use this document
You will use this document to record your answers to the Self-Assessment Questions
(SAQs) in the topic you have just studied.
You should complete the table in Part 1, and the comment box in Part 2. You may add or
delete rows as appropriate when you are completing the table in Part 1.
Once completed, please upload an electronic copy of this document at your Learner
Account (for marking, and to be checked for plagiarism). Please notify your tutor by email
when you have uploaded this document at your Learner Account.
Your tutor will then provide the Answers to SAQs for you to mark your answers, using this
sheet.
Once you have completed and marked all of the SAQ answers for the topics in a particular
unit, your tutor will provide the deadline for your assessment.
© DistanceLearningCentre.com, 2022 1
, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
PART 1: SAQ answers
Fill in the following table by writing your answer to each Self-Assessment Question, in your
own words.
When you have completed all of the SAQs in the topic, mark your work using the exemplar
SAQ answers that your tutor will provide.
Before you send your tutor your SAQ answers, please complete Part 2: Comments.
Mark your
answer by
SAQ Questions and Answers deleting
the tick or
the cross
SAQ 1 Question:
1. Explain the difference between a disaccharide and a
polysaccharide.
2. What biomolecule is required as a reactant in a Hydrolysis
reaction, and forms s by-product in a condensation
reaction?
Your answer:
Two monosaccharides are joined to form a disaccharide
(e.g., two glucose monomers are joined to form the
disaccharide maltose). When several monosaccharides are
combined, they form more complex carbohydrates in the
form of a polysaccharide (e.g., many glucose monomers
are bonded together to form glycogen).
H2O. Water (H2O).
SAQ 2 Question:
1. Describe the differences in the structure of a Triglyceride
and a phospholipid.
Your answer:
A glycerol molecule with three linked fatty acid chains via
ester bonds makes up a triglyceride. A phospholipid is a
molecule of glycerol with only two connected fatty acid chains
(tails); the third fatty acid chain is swapped out for a
phosphate group.
SAQ 3 Question:
1. Describe the structure of an amino acid.
2. Proteins have a structural hierarchy, list the four
structures that make up this hierarchy.
Your answer:
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