Building a Macromolecule Virtual Lab

Instructions: Complete the Building a Macromolecule Virtual Lab from the lesson assessment
page. Select begin and follow the instructions to complete the lab report.
Title: Building a Macromolecule.

Objective(s): Construct and revise an explanation about the relationships between atoms in
sugar molecules and atoms in large carbon-based molecules.

Construct an Explanation:
Construct an explanation using what you learned in the lesson.
How are larger macromolecules formed from atoms of smaller macromolecules?
Macromolecules are made from single subunits, which are called monomers.

Create Each Molecule:

Once you create each molecule in the virtual lab simulation, take a screen shot of each molecule
and place it below. Be sure to label the Carbons (C), Hydrogens (H), and Oxygens (O).
Glucose
Fructose

Sucrose

Revise your Explanation:

Revise your explanation. Be sure to use evidence from the virtual lab simulation.
How are larger macromolecules formed from atoms of smaller macromolecules?
Macromolecules are made from single subunits, which are called monomers. To form a
Macromolecule, you can take smaller macromolecules and link them together which in turn
forms a larger macromolecule.

Analysis Questions:
Analysis questions need to be answered using complete sentences. Some questions may require
a longer explanation in paragraph form.
1. How did the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in glucose and fructose combine to
form sucrose? Include in your description which atoms bonded together from fructose
and glucose to form sucrose and which atoms reformed to create a water molecule.
1 oxygen atom and 1 hydrogen atom are taken from the glucose molecule and 1 oxygen
atom from the fructose molecule will make a water molecule. Everything else from the
glucose and fructose molecules will make sucrose.
2. What pieces of evidence from the virtual lab could you use to support the following
claim?
When there is an increase in molecules there is an increase in size and difference within
chemical structures.
3. Claim: Atoms from sugar molecules may combine with other elements via chemical
reactions to form other large carbon-based molecules.
4. Make an inference about what happens to the matter and energy during the
formation and breakdown of a complex carbohydrate molecules? When is energy
stored or released?
Energy would be released when bonds are formed to create molecules.

5. Explain how sugar molecules combine with other elements to create amino acids.
Why is this an essential process for living things?
Sugar Molecules which mainly consist of Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen atoms are
combined together to form hydrocarbons. This Hydrocarbon can take sugar molecules
and combine it with other atoms to form amino acids. Sugar Molecules are made up of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. These three elements are usually the backbone of all
organisms.