Glucose Model

Questions

1. What does the 12 refer to in the chemical formula C₆H₁₂O₆?
   (It is the subscript that identifies the number of hydrogen atoms in each molecule of glucose)
2. How many total atoms are in one molecule of glucose?
   (24 atoms)
   
3. Write a balanced equation that illustrates the breakdown of glucose during aerobic respiration.
   ( C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ yields 6H₂O + 6CO₂ + energy )
   

Glycine Model

Questions

1. What are amino acids?
   (They are the building blocks of proteins)
2. What are common features to all amino acids?
   (An amine (NH₂) group and a carboxyl (COOH) group)
   
3. Compare and contrast the composition of an amino acid to a sugar.

(Both are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Amino acids also contain atoms of nitrogen)