MANUEL,

CHRI
STI
NED. LEARNI
NGACTI
VITYI
M-4

BSED2E

LEARNI
NGACTI
VITI
ES:

I
.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionssubst
ant
ial
ly
.

1.Yourbestf
riendhasdecidedtobegi
nfryi
ngeggf orhisbreakf
astusi
ngmar gar
ine
i
nst
eadofbutterbecausehehasheardthateati
ngbut t
erisbadforhishear
t.Hashe
madeawisechoice?Arethereot
heral
ter
nati
ves?(5pts.
)

Answer:Forme,t heyar ebothgoodpi ckf orf

ryingeggs.But,wecan’tdenyt hatboth
margari
neandbut t
erar er elat
edinhav i
ngahear tdi
sease.Weknowt hatMargar i
neis
consi
sti
ng ofhy drogenat ed and t r
ans-f
atty acid.While,butt
erconsist
s ofmany
metaboli
cfats,
asat uratedf at
sthatmayl eadtohav ingaheartdi
sease.Themor esol
id
thebut
ter,t
hemor ef atismet aboli
zed.Thebestsubst i
tut
eorremediesfortheseisthat
bett
ertouseextravirginoliv
eoi l
,nutbutt
er,andcoconutoi l
.

2.Whati
sther
elat
ionshi
pbet
weenar
eact
antandpr
oduct
?(5pt
s.)

Answer: Ther el
ati
onbetweenar eact
antandpr
oductissimplytheAreactanti
sa
subst
ancethatexistsatthebegi
nningofachemicalr
eact
ion.Thesubst
ancet othe
ri
ghtofthearr
owi scall
edaproduct.Pr
oduct
saresubst
ancesthatarepr
esentatthe
endofachemicalreact
ion.

3.Whatmakesaparti
cul
arelementdi
ffer
entf
rom t
heot
her
?Consi
der
ingt
he3
subat
omicpar
ti
clesofanatom.(5pt
s.)

Answer:Dependingont henumberofelectr
ons,prot
onsandneutrons,theatom ofan
el
ementi sdiff
erentfrom otherelement
s.Protonshav eapositivenuclearcharge
presentinthenucleus.Theat omicorquantum numberi sthenumberofpr otons
presentinan atom.Det erminetheatomicnumberel ement.Thepr opert
iesofan
el
ementar edet
erminedbyt henumberofelect
rons.i
tisdif
fer
entbecausethenumber
ofelect
ronsi
sdiffer
entforeachel
ement.
4.Whyiswaterconsideredthemosti
mpor
tanti
nor
gani
cmol
ecul
eint
hebody
?
Di
scussyouranswer.(5pts.
)

Answer :Wat erisconsi deredt hemosti mportantinor ganicmol ecul eint hebody ,t he
mostessent i
althingsinourl i
f etsur v
iveeveryday .Wat erisev erything, andev er
ywher e.
Weusedwat erindi f
ferentpur poseslikeinmaki ngf oods, mat eri
als, buildingst r
uct ures,
andmor e.Ourbodyneedswat erweal lknow t hatwat eri st her ichestandmost
i
mpor tantinorgani ccompoundcont ainedinbiologicalmat er i
als.Itaccount sfor60%t o
80%ofmostcel ls.Wat erisv eryessent i
altoourl i
vesbecausei tabsor bsandr el eases
l
arge amount s ofheatbef or et he watert emper aturei tselfchanges si gni
ficant ly.
Therefore,ithelpst opr eventsuddenchangesi nbodyt emper aturecausedbyf act or s
suchassun, wind, andmuscl eact ivi
ty.Water,al
soknownasauni v ersal solvent,act sas
asolventf orbothor ganicandi norganicmolecules.Wat erwor ksasar eact antformany
chemicalr eacti
ons.Foodi sdi gestedbyaddi ngwat ermol ecules.Ther efore,wat eri s
partofourl i
vest osur v
ive.

5.Br
ief
lydescr
ibet
heessent
ialf
unct
ionsoft
hebi
omol
ecul
esofl
if
e.(
5pt
s.)

Answer:Bi
omol ecul
es pl
ays an import
antrolein ourli
fe and in ourworld. In
bi
omolecul
es,nuclei
cacids,namelyDNA andRNA,ar eanar rayofnucleoti
desthat
det
erminet
heami noacidsequenceofprotei
nsthatar
everyimpor t
anttol
if
eonEar t
h,
andhaveauniquefunct
ionofstor
ingthegenet
iccodeofl
iv
ingthings.

I
I.Li
st5commonacidscommonl yuseathomeandbriefl
ydescri
beit.(
10pt s.)
Answer:
 Acet
icaci
disf
oundinvinegaraswellaspr
oductsthatcontai
nvinegar,suchas
ket
chup.Wemost
lyusedthisi
nourfood.Al
sousedasaspi ce.

 Lact
icaci
disf
oundinourdr
inkl
ikemil
kandot
herdai
rypr
oduct
sthati
sgoodf
or
ourbodyt
omakeitstr
ongandhealt
hy.

 Ascor
bicaci
disvit
aminC.Int
oday’
ssit
uati
on,iti
sveryimport
anttohavea
st
rongimmunesy
stem wi
tht
hehel
pofeat
ingfr
uit
sandjui
cesri
chinvi
tami
nc.

 Potassi
um hydr
oxi
demostl
ycont
ainsi
nsof
tsoapsusedf
orbat
hing
 Al
umi num hy
droxi
deisusedindeodor
ant
.Agoodhy gi
enekittoourbodyt
o
avoidsomebadsmell
inourbody
.

Basedonyourunder
standi
ngonchemicalbonds,
creat
eaf
lowchar
tdi
agr
am t
o
expl
aini
oni
candcov al
entbondi
ng.(
10pts.)

Not
e:Anot
herat
tachment