a)
Define hydrophilic.
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b)
State two advantages of a carbon atom being able to form four bonds to neighbouring atoms.
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c)
List three carbon compounds that living organisms are based upon.
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d)
State which part of metabolism is occurring at II in the flowchart below.
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a)
State the aspect of the molecular behaviour of water that is used to explain why it is highly important to living organisms.
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b)
Two of the properties of water are its cohesive and adhesive forces.
Describe how these properties are useful to living organisms.
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c)
Both water and methane are small molecules containing single covalent bonds between their atoms.
State two differences between these two molecules that make their physical properties very different.
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d)
List two physical properties, associated with their state of matter, that differ between water and methane.
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a)
Define molecular biology.
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b)
State the name of the compound that was synthesised artificially, providing evidence that living organisms are not required to produce organic compounds.
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c)
Draw a labelled diagram of a water molecule.
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a)
Identify which of the diagrams below is a lipid, giving one reason why.
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b)
Draw a molecular diagram of D-ribose.
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c)
List, using simplified notation, two of the chemical groups found in a generalised amino acid.
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State, giving one reason, which diagram shows the structure of a saturated fatty acid.
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Outline the theory that states that organic molecules could only be derived from living systems.
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b)
Distinguish between anabolic and catabolic reactions.
Include one example of each reaction.
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c)
Describe the properties of water molecules that enable them to transport metabolites, using four named examples.
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