SC1040: Week 2 Assignment Worksheet
As you complete your weekly reading, answer the questions below.
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Part 1: Atoms interact to make molecules through chemical bonding.
After reading pages 24 – 29 in your textbook, state the differences among an ionic bond, a covalent bond and a hydrogen bond.
10 points
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Part 2: Water is an essential molecule of living organisms.
After reading pages 30 – 31 in your textbook, state the type of bond that enables water to dissolve salt.
5 points
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Part 3: Two important chemical reactions occur in living organisms.
After reading pages 38 – 39 in your textbook, state the difference between hydrolysis and condensation reactions.
10 points
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Part 4: Living organisms are built upon cells, and cells are made up of four very large molecules called macromolecules.
After reading pages 40 – 47 in your textbook, list the four macromolecules and state one function of each.
10 points
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Part 5: A cell is the smallest unit of structure and function of a living organism.
After reading pages 52 – 53 in your textbook, list the four generalizations that constitute the cell theory.
5 points
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Part 6: Cells come in many different shapes and sizes, although the majority of cells are microscopic.
After reading pages 54 – 55, in your textbook, state the range of the sizes of structures that can be viewed with the two following devices.
10 points
Electron microscope
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Light microscope
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Part 7: Eukaryotic cells are cells that are composed of many membrane bound organelles. These organelles separate the cell into smaller compartments. Each organelle performs a specific, all-important task.
After reading pages 56 – 71 in your textbook, state the name of the organelle that is responsible for the following function.
20 points
What is the name of the organelle that takes the information contained within mRNA and translates it into a polypeptide or protein?
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5 points
What is the name of the organelle that is responsible for digesting and recycling materials?
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5 points
What is the name of the organelle that produces ATP?
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5 points
What is the name of the organelle that packages and distributes cellular contents?
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5 points
You will earn additional points if you correctly submit the worksheet to the assignment dropbox.
5 points
You will earn additional points if you use proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling.
5 points
Revised 8/4/14