Knowledge: Polymers Essential elements of life polymers and molecular diversity Structure and Behavior of making and breaking polymers subatomic particles Carbohydrates atomic number and weight monosaccharides isotopes disaccharides energy levels polysaccharides electron orbitals Lipids electron configuration and chemical fats properties phospholipids Chemical bonds and molecules steroids covalent bonds Proteins molecular shapes amino acids nonpolar and polar covalent bonds polypeptide chains ionic bonds determination of protein conformation hydrogen bonds levels of protein structure Van der Waals interactions Nucleic acids hydrophobic interactions nucleotides Chemical reactions and equilibrium polynucleotides Water molecules and hydrogen bonding the double helix Properties of water Energy principles cohesiveness forms of energy high specific heat energy transformations high heat of vaporization laws of thermodynamics freezing and expansion Chemical energy versatile solvent heat of reaction Aqueous solutions spontaneous reactions solute concentration free energy acid, bases, pH and buffers exergonic and endergonic reactions Foundations of organic chemistry free energy and equilibrium Versatility of carbon in molecular architecture Energy for cellular work Variation in carbon skeletons structure and hydrolysis of ATP isomers how ATP performs work Functional groups regeneration of ATP hydroxyl groups Enzymes carbonyl groups enzymes and activation energy carboxyl groups specificity of enzymes amino groups catalytic cycle of enzymes sulfhydral groups factors affecting enzyme activity phosphate groups Control of metabolism feedback inhibition structural and metabolism Skills: Create a baseline, and measure the effects of changes of temperature, pH, enzyme concentration, and substrate concentration on reaction rates of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in a controlled experiment Analyze empirical data to explain how environmental factors affect the rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
Knowledge: Essential elements of life Structure and Behavior of subatomic particles atomic number and weight isotopes energy levels electron orbitals electron configuration and chemical properties Chemical bonds and molecules covalent bonds molecular shapes nonpolar and polar covalent bonds ionic bonds hydrogen bonds Van der Waals interactions hydrophobic interactions Chemical reactions and equilibrium Water molecules and hydrogen bonding Properties of water cohesiveness high specific heat high heat of vaporization freezing and expansion versatile solvent Aqueous solutions solute concentration acid, bases, pH and buffers Foundations of organic chemistry Versatility of carbon in molecular architecture Variation in carbon skeletons isomers Functional groups hydroxyl groups carbonyl groups carboxyl groups amino groups sulfhydral groups phosphate groups Polymers polymers and molecular diversity making and breaking polymers Carbohydrates monosaccharides disaccharides polysaccharides Lipids fats phospholipids steroids Proteins amino acids polypeptide chains determination of protein conformation levels of protein structure Nucleic acids nucleotides polynucleotides the double helix Energy principles forms of energy energy transformations laws of thermodynamics Chemical energy heat of reaction spontaneous reactions free energy exergonic and endergonic reactions free energy and equilibrium Energy for cellular work structure and hydrolysis of ATP how ATP performs work regeneration of ATP Enzymes enzymes and activation energy specificity of enzymes catalytic cycle of enzymes factors affecting enzyme activity Control of metabolism feedback inhibition structural and metabolism Skills: Create a baseline, and measure the effects of changes of temperature, pH, enzyme concentration, and substrate concentration on reaction rates of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in a controlled experiment Analyze empirical data to explain how environmental factors affect the rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
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