Organic Molecule Worksheet

Part 1Questions:

  • Color each of the elements on the worksheet according to the color listed next to the element's symbol.
  • Color code the squirrel with the correct proportion of each element's color.
  • Color code the carrot with the same colors as you used on the squirrel.
  1. Name the 4 main elements that make up 95% of an organism.
  2. Name the 4 types of bonds carbon can form.
  3. How many bonds do Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen make?
  4. What are macromolecules?
  5. Name the 4 classes of macromolecules.
  6. Give 2 examples of nucleic acids.
  7. What elements make up carbohydrates & lipids (symbols)?
  8. Name 3 elements your body needs trace amounts of for proper functioning.

Part 2 Questions:

  • Color code the glucose molecule on this worksheet
  • (carbon-black, hydrogen-yellow, and oxygen-red).
  1. Use your textbook to help draw the structural formulas for fructose and glucose: (p740)
  2. Use the diagram of glucose to tell how many carbons, hydrogens, and oxygens are in a single glucose molecule.

Part 2 Questions Continued:

  1. If all the macromolecules are made mainly of the elements CHO, how are they different?
  2. Name 2 ways your body uses carbohydrates.
  3. What are the subunits called that make up carbohydrates?
  4. What is the ratio of C, H, and O in monosaccharides?
  5. Name 3 monosaccharides.
  6. Monosaccharides are ___ sugars.
  7. What are disaccharides & give an example?
  8. Long chains of sugars are ___. Name three.

Part 3 Questions:

Color code the amino acid on this worksheet (carbon-black, hydrogen-yellow, nitrogen-blue, and oxygen-red).

  1. Use your textbook and sketch an amino acid and circle the amino group and box the carboxyl groups. (p743)

20.What subunits make up proteins?

21.Name the 2 functional groups in amino acids.

22.Amino acids are linked together to make proteins by removing a molecule of ___ in a process called ___.

23.Chains of amino acids make ___ which can join together to make a ___.

24.___ bonds form when water is removed to hold ______together.

25.Use your textbook to make a sketch of a dipeptide (2 amino acids linked with a peptide bond) molecule. (p745)

Part 4 Questions: Glycerol

Color the glycerol molecule using the same colors for carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen as you did before.

Circle and label the carboxyl groups in the 2 fatty acids on this worksheet. Color the fatty acid chains the same colors for carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen as you did before.

Saturated fatty Acid

Unsaturated Fatty Acid - Double Bond

Part 4 Questions Continued:

  1. Lipids are nonpolar. What does this mean?
  2. What will lipids (oils and fats) dissolve in?
  3. ___ makes up cell membranes.
  4. Name a waxy lipid covering plants.
  5. Plant pigments like ___ are also ___.
  6. Lipids have more ___ and ___ than they do oxygen atoms.
  7. Fats are made of an alcohol called ___ and three ______chains. This is known as a ___.
  8. If there are all SINGLE bonds between ___ in the fatty acid chain, then it is said to be ___.
  9. If there is a DOUBLE bond between ___ in the fatty acid chain, then it is said to be ___.
  10. The end of the fatty acid that does NOT attach to glycerol has what functional group? Write the formula for this group.
  11. ___ layers of ___ make up the cell membrane.
  12. The head of a phospholipid is water ___ and is said to be ___.
  13. The 2 tails of a phospholipid is water ___ and is said to be ___.

Part 5 Questions:

Color and labelthe parts of a nucleotide - color thesugar (5-sided)-green, phosphate group (round)-yellow, and nitrogen base (6-sided)-blue. Color code the ATP and label the phosphates.

Nucleotide / ATP

Part 5 Questions Continued:

  1. Nucleic acids carry ___ information in a molecule called ___ or ______acid.
  2. DNA has the instructions for making a cell's ___.
  3. The nucleic acid ___ copies DNA so ___ can be made.
  4. ___ are the subunits making up nucleic acid.
  5. The 3 parts of a nucleotide are a ______, a______,a ___, and one ______.
  6. ___ is a high energy molecule made from a ___ with ___ phosphates.

Final Questions:

  1. Name the for classes of macromolecules, list the symbols of the elements that make up each and name the subunit(s) that make up each:

Name / Name / Name / Name
Elements / Elements / Elements / Elements
Subunit(s) / Subunit(s) / Subunit(s) / Subunit(s)
  1. What process is used to link amino acids together?
  2. Name the bonds found between amino acids in a polypeptide chain.
  3. Explain the difference between a monosaccharide, a disaccharide and a polysaccharide. Give an example of each.
  4. What two functional groups are found in amino acids?
  5. Name the subunit that makes up fats.
  6. What alcohol is found in a triglyceride?
  7. What is the difference between a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid?