1. Chemistry of Carbon

2. What does it mean to be organic at the grocery store? Produced 100% naturally with no pesticides or other man-made chemicals

3. What does organic mean in chemistry? The study of compounds that contain bonds between carbon atoms

4. Your Job Answer #3 and #4 on your own

5. Carbon is the man! (or woman!) Carbon can form strong bonds with many different important elements like hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur

6. Carbon gets around…. Because it has 4 electrons to share, it is very versatile, meaning it can make molecules in lots of sizes, shapes, and arrangements.

7. Your Job Answer #7 on your own

8. What is a macromolecule? Many of the organic compounds in cells are so large that they are known as macromolecules. Macro- means…..

9. Building Macromolecules Macromolecules are made from thousands of small parts called monomers, which can be linked together to form a polymer Mono means… Poly means…

10. Your Job Answer #10 on your own

11. To build a polymer During polymerization, monomers are often joined together by dehydration synthesis. The result of this is a polymer and leftover water. *** dehydration means without water *** synthesis means to put together

12. To break a polymer If polymers every need to be split, they can be cut by hydrolysis. ***hydro means water *** lysis means break

13. Classifying Macromolecules Macromolecules are placed into groups based on their chemical composition The four types of macromolecules are  Carbohydrates  Proteins  Lipids  Nucleic Acids

14. Question Answer Is starch a monosaccharide or a polysaccharide? TOTD: Friday, Sept. 26 Make a dot for today’s date on your Learning Goal and Scale