Lesson 4: Properties of Biological Macromolecules
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Evaluate how the structural arrangement and monomer composition of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids directly determine their chemical properties and cellular functions.
How do the chemical properties of a phospholipid's head and tail dictate its behavior when dropped into an aqueous solution?
Why can humans easily digest the starch in potatoes but cannot digest the cellulose in grass, even though both are made entirely of glucose monomers?
1.4 Carbohydrates
1.5 Lipids
The structure of a macromolecule directly determines its function in a biological system
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Unit 1 Test