Chemical Basis of Life- Tute 02

Unit 01

1. What are the elements present in proteins?

2. Name 5 foods which are rich in proteins.(Add images if you can)

3. What are the significances of proteins?

4. Name 2 places where proteins are acting as structural components.

5. What is the importance of antibodies to humans?

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 6. What are enzymes?

7. What are the elements present in lipids?

8. What is the difference between the elemental compositions of lipids with carbohydrates?

9. Write an equation showing the formation of lipids.

10. What are the significances of lipids?

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 11. Explain how the body temperature is controlled by the presence lipids in warm blooded
animals.

12. What are the elements present in Nucleic acids?

13. What are the two types of nucleic acids?

14. What are the significances of nucleic acids?

15. Name the structural unit of each of the following polymers.

I. DNA-

II. RNA-

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 16. Indicate whether following statements are true(√) or false(X).

I. By polymerization of nucleotides, proteins will be produced

Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids can act as energy sources

II.
to organisms.

III. Enzymes help in catalyzing bio-chemical reactions.

IV. Keratin is a type of carbohydrate.

Both lipids and proteins are present in cell membrane as

V.
structural components.

VI. Genetic information is stored in all organisms in RNA.

VII. Most of human body weight is comprised of water.

VIII. Aquatic organisms respire O2 dissolved in water.

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