Learning Objectives

• Recognise that all living organisms are composed of similar compounds
• Recognise the structure of biological compounds
• Link structure of biological compounds with function
• Define terms used to describe different biological molecules

Carbohydrates

• what are the 3 monosaccharides?
• what are the 3 disaccharides?
• how long is an oligosaccharide?
• what are the 3 polysaccharides?

Lipids

• what are triglycerides?
• what are phospholipids?

Nucleic Acids & Proteins

• what is a nucleoside vs a nucleotide?
• which bases are pyrimidines?
• which bases are purines?
• what are the structural properties of DNA?
• what are the structural properties of RNA?