for professor Ryan

As you complete your weekly reading, answer the questions below.

Please review the following writing guidelines prior to answering the questions:

· Remember to respond to the questions using your own words.

· Do NOT copy responses from the textbook, internet or other resources.  This is plagiarism, which is illegal, and may result in a failing grade.

· You MUST paraphrase information in your own words and not transfer word-for-word.  

· For information on how to avoid plagiarism, please visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center

Part 1: Atoms interact to make molecules through chemical bonding.

After reading pages 24 – 29 in your textbook, state the differences among an ionic bond, a covalent bond and a hydrogen bond.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 2: Water is an essential molecule of living organisms.

After reading pages 30 – 31 in your textbook, state the type of bond that enables water to dissolve salt.

5 points

Answer:

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Part 3: Two important chemical reactions occur in living organisms.

After reading pages 38 – 39 in your textbook, state the difference between hydrolysis and condensation reactions.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 4: Living organisms are built upon cells, and cells are made up of four very large molecules called macromolecules.

After reading pages 40 – 47 in your textbook, list the four macromolecules and state one function of each.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 5: A cell is the smallest unit of structure and function of a living organism.

After reading pages 52 – 53 in your textbook, list the four generalizations that constitute the cell theory.

5 points

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Part 6: Cells come in many different shapes and sizes, although the majority of cells are microscopic.

After reading pages 54 – 55, in your textbook, state the range of the sizes of structures that can be viewed with the two following devices.

10 points

Electron microscope

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5 points

Light microscope

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5 points

Part 7: Eukaryotic cells are cells that are composed of many membrane bound organelles. These organelles separate the cell into smaller compartments. Each organelle performs a specific, all-important task.

After reading pages 56 – 71 in your textbook, state the name of the organelle that is responsible for the following function.

20 points

What is the name of the organelle that takes the information contained within mRNA and translates it into a polypeptide or protein?

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5 points

What is the name of the organelle that is responsible for digesting and recycling materials?

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5 points

What is the name of the organelle that produces ATP?

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5 points

What is the name of the organelle that packages and distributes cellular contents?

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5 points

You will earn additional points if you correctly submit the worksheet to the assignment dropbox.

5 points

You will earn additional points if you use proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling.

5 points