Water, Macromolecules and Enzymes
The students should be able to:
- explain why the special properties of water make it essential for life, including: polarity, hydrogen bonding, cohesive and adhesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, universal solvent behavior, and expansion upon freezing
- describe basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of biological macromolecules, including: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
- predict the effect pH, temperature, and enzyme concentration have on enzyme activity
- explain how an enzyme increases the rate of a biochemical reaction, enzymes decrease the activation energy of reactions by acting as a catalyst which is not consumed during the course of the reaction
- analyze graphs from an experiment to draw conclusions on activation energy
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