BIOL 2083 Quiz: BIOL 2083 Elemental Review (got 93% on the test)
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I. elemental review: carbon, forms strong, stable covalent bonds, can bond up to 4 other atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement, participates in single, double & triple bonding arrangements, oxygen, very electronegative. (pulls electrons to itself & keeps them) Forms polar bonds: final electron acceptor during energy production, hydrogen, h-bonding, electron transport coupled with energy production, nitrogen. 3- (phosphate), high energy compounds, nucleic acids, lipids, atp: sulfur. You will be expected to have this background: functional groups of biochemical importance (table 1. 1, pg.
