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This document contains structured revision material for the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Biology lab practical exam, designed to support student preparation for laboratory-based assessments. It includes review notes and practice content covering key lab skills such as microscopy, cell identification, experimental design, data interpretation, biological structures, and basic physiology depending on course scope. The material is organized to reinforce lab techniques and conceptual understanding needed for practical exams. It is suitable for revision, lab exam preparation, and skills reinforcement.

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TAMU Biology Lab practical review

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components of a biochemical molecule, identifies the type of biomolecule -
-functional group

a functional group found in alcohols and sugars, polar, OH - ✅✅-hydroxyl
group

found in carbohydrates, two types

✅✅-carbonyl group
terminal aldehyde and an internal ketone
one or the other on every monosaccharide -

found in fatty acids and amino acids, acidic, double bond between carbon

✅✅
and oxygen and a single bond between carbon to hydroxyl, CO2H or
COOH - -carboxyl

In every amino acid, given away by nitrogen NH2 - ✅✅-Amino group
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a giant molecule made up of other smaller molecules usually made by a
condensation reaction - -Macromolecule

✅✅-monomer
a single sub unit, the building block of a polymmer -

a long molecule made up of two or more monomers - ✅✅-polymer


✅✅
also known as condensation, links monomers to polymers, connected by
removal of water - -dehydration synthesis

covalent bonds connect monomers into polymers - ✅✅-hydrolisis
a macromolecule who's major functions include carbon supply, structural

✅✅
components, fuel (glucose) and storage of glucose (polysaccharides) -
-carbohydrates


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simple sugars, trioses or pentoses with 5 or 5 carbon atoms, have the
functional groups aldose and ketose - -monosaccharides

consists of two monosaccharides - ✅✅-disaccharides


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chains of linked monosaccharides, three or more, includes starch, glycogen
and cellulose - -polysaccharides


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a polysaccharide that is stored food in plants and is composed of amylose
and amylopectin - -starch

stored food animals, is a polysaccharide - ✅✅-glycogen

, a polysaccharide found in cell walls of plants - ✅✅-cellulose
✅✅
contains a free aldehyde or ketone group, includes all monosaccharides
and disaccharides with a free aldehyde or ketone - -reducing sugars

tests for the presence of a reducing sugar - ✅✅-benedict's test
a positive test result for benedicts test - ✅✅-any color change

when the carbonyl group is within the structure - ✅✅-ketone

when the carbonyl group is on either end of the molecule - ✅✅-aldehyde

a solution that tests for starcg - ✅✅-lugol's solution

positive lugol's result is - ✅✅-purple color

a non polar macromolecule that includes triglycerides, steroids and

✅✅
phospholipids, major functions include energy storage, membrane material
and insulation - -Lipids

a lipid with all bonds between carbon and hydrogen being single bonds.

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and no double bonds, straight chains solid at room temperature -
-saturated lipid


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some carbon carbon bonds are double bonded, chain is somewhat bent,
liquid at room temperature - -unsaturated lipids

glycerol, 3 fatty acids - ✅✅-triglyceride


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the lipid that makes up membrane, built of glycerol, phosphate group and 2
fatty acids - -phospholipids

4 interconnected rings, cholesterol, hormones, bile - ✅✅-sterols
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a test that looks at the solubility of lipids and uses iodine staining -
-lipid chromatography


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tests that dye lipids so you can determine their presence, -
-emulsification and sudan IV

a positive sudan IV/ emulsification test - ✅✅-cloudy emulsion with red
droplets

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