This document discusses the six elements that make up the majority of organic matter: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. It notes that these six elements and their symbols are important to learn. The document also mentions the structure of carbon atoms and important vocabulary related to atomic structure that can be found on pages 34-35 of the textbook, including atomic number, mass number, protons, neutrons, and electrons.

1. BIOCHEMISTRY
LT #1: I can name the six elements that
make up the majority of organic matter and
use their elemental symbols

2. Why on earth would we want to talk about
chemistry in biology class?

3. Structure of an Atom-Carbon

4. Structure of an atom
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Carbon
C
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5. Six elements of life

6. Important vocab: pg 34-35 in textbook
• Atomic number
• Mass number
• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons