Carbon based compounds – IB Style Questions

1. What property of carbon atoms helps them to form such a large range of stable

compounds?

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2. Name three chemicals in living things which contain many carbon atoms

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3. State the meaning of the term “cellular metabolism”.

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4. Describe the difference between anabolism and catabolism with reference to

macromolecules in living things.

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© David Faure, InThinking http://thinkib.net/biology

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