Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Proteins and Nucleic Acids

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to Recognize essential amino acids found in living organisms and completing an EXIT TICKET with a 70% level of accuracy about Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Multiple Choice

By the end of this lesson, you will? Just ONE is correct.

• Do an exit ticket

• Receive minimum grade of 70% on my exit ticket

• All alternatives

• Recognize essential amino acids found in living organisms.

Why is important our today's objective?

Proteins are molecules made of amino acids. They are coded for by our genes and form the basis of living tissues. They also play a central role in biological processes. For example, proteins catalyze reactions in our bodies, transport molecules such as oxygen, keep us healthy as part of the immune system and transmit messages from cell to cell.

Multiple Choice

Proteins are molecules made of _________. They are coded for by our genes and form the basis of living tissues

• Amino acids

• Carbohydrates

Poll

By far, how will be your Online Participation today?

• 1

  Excellent! I will take notes, participate using chat, and reply to my teacher's oral questions

• 2

  I will participate in learning something new today, but my mood is being quiet today.

• 3

  I promise I will catch up on everything today during Office hours

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Science Literacy: Molecules for Life: What are Directions Made of?

Nucleic acids are the tiny building blocks that make up the directions for all living things. These building blocks come together to make long strings, which stack on top of each other to make directions that kind of look like a twisting ladder.  DNA is the directions a living thing's cells follow that tell it how to grow and what it will do. They are the directions for how to build you! You can thank these directions for not making toes grow out of your ears. Or be mad at them, if you think ear toes would be cool. A gene has the directions for one trait of a living thing. You have thousands of genes and they are all found in your DNA. Every living thing gets these from their parent or parents. Each different part of you is made with one or more of these and all of them together make you the way you are. A protein is what DNA makes to send out messages and to do all the things the cell needs to do. If cells are the workers that follow the directions, proteins are the tools they build with. Your genes have directions for each part of you and all of these directions work to build proteins. Proteins are like the glass, metal, and wood, and glue of your body that make you look and act the way you do.

Multiple Choice

_________ are the tiny building blocks that make up the directions for all living things

• Nucleic acids

• Proteins

Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Protein is a molecule made up of polypeptides. It is a class of biological molecules consisting of chains of amino acids called polypeptides. Nucleic acid is a class of macromolecules made up of a long-chain of polynucleotide that includes deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).

Multiple Choice

How many amino acids are found in living organisms?

• 20

• 0

Multiple Choice

Which element is found in nucleic acids but not in amino acids?

• phosphorus

• water

Multiple Choice

How many amino acids must be obtained in the diet because they cannot be made by the body?

• 10

• 0

Multiple Choice

Which pair of statements best describes an essential amino acid?

• It is an amino acid that CANNOT be made by the body. It must be obtained from eating certain foods.

• It is an amino acid that CAN be made by the body. It must be obtained from eating certain foods.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best distinguishes plants and animals as they relate to amino acids?

• Plants can synthesize all twenty amino acids. Humans must eat plants or animals to obtain some of these amino acids.

• Plants can synthesize all twenty amino acids. Humans CANNOT eat plants or animals to obtain some of these amino acids.

Multiple Choice

DNA and RNA share a number of similarities, but they also differ in certain aspects of their structure.

Which nitrogenous base is found in RNA but is not found in DNA?

• uracil

• Adenine

Multiple Choice

Which is a difference between proteins and carbohydrates and fats?

• Excess carbohydrates and fats are stored; excess proteins are not.

• Proteins are the same as a carbohydrate

Multiple Choice

Which is a function of nucleic acids?

• store genetic information

• NOT store genetic information

Multiple Choice

What effect has breast cancer research had on society?

• People who have gene mutations have more treatment options.

• People who DOT NOT have gene mutations have more treatment options.

Open Ended

Exit Ticket (70% to pass)

1) Write a quiz question and answer over today's learning. (Hint: DNA, RNA, amino acids, gene, 20 amino acids, Plants synthesize 20 aa, Excess carbohydrates and fats are stored)

Poll

I realize that today my synchronous participation was?

• 1

  Meets Expectations

  Cam on, reply orally, used chat, logged on time, asked questions

• 2

  Needs Improvement

  Cam off, I had some stuffs distracting me, but after while I asked questions and used the chat

• 3

  Fails Meets Expectations

  Cam off, come lately, did not contributed to class or my learning. I will do better next time.