What is a condensation (dehydration) reaction and how does it work?
What is hydrolysis and how does it work?
What are the four major classes of biological macromolecules and what are their characteristics?
Can you recognize the chemical structure of a monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, triglyceride, phospholipid, steroid, amino acid, or nucleotide?
What are the categories of carbohydrates, their characteristics and examples?
What are the categories of lipids, their characteristics and examples?
What is the difference between a structural and functional protein?
What is a peptide, polypeptide, and peptide bond?
What are the four levels of structure of a protein molecule?
What are examples of nucleic acids and nucleotides?
What are the bases found in a nucleotide, and how do they match up in complementary base pairing?