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Organic Compounds Final Exam review
1. Draw the general structure of a carbohydrate, protein, lipid and nucleic acid. What are
they made of and what do they look like? Give two examples of each.
Carbohydrate Protein Lipid Nucleic Acid
2. Which type of macromolecule contains the highest amount of energy? Explain your
answer.
3. Which 6 elements are most common in organic molecules?
4. Describe why a molecule would be called polar. Give an example of a polar molecule.
5. Describe the role of enzymes in chemical reactions.
6. What is the role of DNA and RNA?
7. What monomer is the building block of carbohydrates?
_____8. Proteins are made out of
a. amino acids b. nucleotides c. monosaccharides d. polymers