BMSC 200 MODULE 1 EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
all organisms use - Correct Answers -- common repertoire of building blocks to create
common categories of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, and
lipids.)
- Common core of essential biochemical processes.
chemical foundations of life - Correct Answers -- We are made of carbon, oxygen,
hydrogen, and nitrogen.
- Water accounts for much of the O and H which is in 98% of most organisms.
- Carbon comes from plants which we eat, oxygen is from the air, hydrogen is from the
water you drink, nitrogen is found in soil which is in plants which we eat.
construction - Correct Answers -Where biomolecules are constructed all by one
stereoisomer, proteins are built entirely from L-amino acids.
interactions - Correct Answers -Interactions b/w biomolecules are stereospecific.
Stereospecificity - Correct Answers -Synthesis of chem compounds (drugs) which have
asymmetric carbons resulting in a mixture of all the chiral forms that have different
biological activities.
fritz - Correct Answers -came up with fertilizer that made it grow more plants for us to
eat.
Usually everyone is worth a dollar but if they sell all their organs it can cost 45mill.
why is carbon better - Correct Answers -- Carbon is very versatile, the next best is
silicon but carbon is stronger than silicon but you CANNOT bond them together.
- We are made of carbon because it is more versatile, it releases more energy and
when it produces carbon dioxide it will recycle back into our biosphere.
functional groups - Correct Answers -aldehyde, ketone, carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino,
amido, guanidino, imidazole, sulfhydryl, disulfide, phosphoryl.
conformation - Correct Answers -changing the arrangement from O-H to H-O
configuration - Correct Answers -it can have double or triple bonds.
CORRECT ANSWERS
all organisms use - Correct Answers -- common repertoire of building blocks to create
common categories of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, and
lipids.)
- Common core of essential biochemical processes.
chemical foundations of life - Correct Answers -- We are made of carbon, oxygen,
hydrogen, and nitrogen.
- Water accounts for much of the O and H which is in 98% of most organisms.
- Carbon comes from plants which we eat, oxygen is from the air, hydrogen is from the
water you drink, nitrogen is found in soil which is in plants which we eat.
construction - Correct Answers -Where biomolecules are constructed all by one
stereoisomer, proteins are built entirely from L-amino acids.
interactions - Correct Answers -Interactions b/w biomolecules are stereospecific.
Stereospecificity - Correct Answers -Synthesis of chem compounds (drugs) which have
asymmetric carbons resulting in a mixture of all the chiral forms that have different
biological activities.
fritz - Correct Answers -came up with fertilizer that made it grow more plants for us to
eat.
Usually everyone is worth a dollar but if they sell all their organs it can cost 45mill.
why is carbon better - Correct Answers -- Carbon is very versatile, the next best is
silicon but carbon is stronger than silicon but you CANNOT bond them together.
- We are made of carbon because it is more versatile, it releases more energy and
when it produces carbon dioxide it will recycle back into our biosphere.
functional groups - Correct Answers -aldehyde, ketone, carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino,
amido, guanidino, imidazole, sulfhydryl, disulfide, phosphoryl.
conformation - Correct Answers -changing the arrangement from O-H to H-O
configuration - Correct Answers -it can have double or triple bonds.
