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BIOL 1406 Cell and Molecular Biology I K.

Sathasivan

In Class Activity 1 - Atoms and Molecules

Name _____________________________________
Part A. Multiple Choice (Submit answers in Squarecap)

1. Which part of the atom mainly determines how the atom behaves chemically?
a. proton
b. electron
c. neutron
d. meson
e. gluon

2. Which of the following molecule is the most polar?


A) CO2
B) CH4
C) CH3OH
D) C2H6
E) O2

Use the following choices to answer the questions 3 to 8. The choice may appear once,
more than once or not at all.
A) covalent bonds
B) ionic bonds
C) H-bonds
D) van der Waals forces
E) hydrophobic interactions

3. When water freezes to form ice, the __________ connect the water molecules.

4. When Magnesium and chlorines with two electrons and seven electrons respectively in their
valence shells interact, they will form _________.

5. Which bonds will break when water evaporates?

6. Which bonds make the wet hair stick together?

7. Proteins are strong because of their ____________________.

8. Which bonds help Gecko walk on walls?

9. Which of the following is the correct ranking of the three bonds and interactions in order from
highest to lowest in terms of their bond strength between two side chains of a protein in their
tertiary structure?
i. Disulfide bond between two cysteine
ii. Hydrophobic interactions
iii. H-bonding in water
A) I, II, III
B) II, III, I
C) III, II, I
D) I, III, II
E) III, I, II

Copyright K. Sathasivan, 2018


BIOL 1406 Introductory Biology I K. Sathasivan
In Class Activity 1 - Atoms and Molecules
Name __________________________________

Part B. Fill in the Blanks (Submit answers to this page in Canvas)

1. Protons define the ___________________, neutrons determine the __________________ and


the electrons define the _________________.

2. In a biological molecule such as protein, when dissolved in water _________________ bonds


are stronger than _________________ which are stronger than ______________

Part C. Application

1. Chemists state that ionic bonds are stronger than covalent and biologists state the reverse is true.
In fact, both are correct. Briefly explain the reason behind this.

2. When you are scrambling an egg, which bonds break first and which will break the last within the
egg proteins?

Part D. Draw the molecules


Using the valence information, draw the structural formula for the following molecules. You can draw the
electron configuration or the Louis dot structures. Group them as polar or non-polar.
A) CO2

B) CH4

C) H2O

D) C2H6

E) NH3

Copyright K. Sathasivan, 2018

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