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Essential Elements of Life: Carbon and CHONPS Overview

Discover the significance of carbon and CHONPS elements in living organisms. Learn how carbon bonds with other molecules, the sources of essential elements, and the role of saturated and unsaturated fats. Explore the importance of carbon in sustaining life processes.

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Essential Elements of Life: Carbon and CHONPS Overview

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  1. Chapter 10 Very briefly…

  2. Objectives Students will be able to: • Name the 6 most commonly found elements in all living things. • Explain why carbon is essential to life

  3. LEFT Question 1 Recall what were the 6 most common elements in ALL living things?

  4. Left - CHONPS C = Carbon H = Hydrogen O = Oxygen N = Nitrogen P = Phosphorus S = Sulfur

  5. LEFT Question 2 Where do we get the elements we need?

  6. CHONPS – you are what you eat • Where do we get these elements from? • from our ENVIRONMENT! • We eat a variety of foods that provide us with different nutrients and elements • how else can we get these besides eating? • Breathing! Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%) are in the air. hyphopenation.com

  7. LEFT Question 3 Describe how carbon bonds with itself and other molecules.

  8. Carbon! . • How many valence electrons does Carbon have??? . . C .

  9. . . . Carbon! C . Can form: • 4 covalent bonds with other elements • Long chains • Short chains • Branched chains • Rings http://nafaa.pbworks.com/f/chems.jpg

  10. Hydrocarbons – basic molecules ONLY hydrogens and carbons Pentane methane lloydminsterheavyoil.com forum.nationstates.net renewable-energy-sources.com Predict: what is this called?

  11. Saturated vs Unsaturated • Saturated • ONLY single bonds • Unsaturated • Has at least one double or triple bond between carbons FATS!!! (Lipids) elevatefitness.wordpress.com

  12. Unsaturated fats Those snacks still have cis- fat! elevatefitness.wordpress.com nutritionandmedia.com biology.clc.uc.edu

  13. LEFT Question 4 How are saturated and unsaturated fats different?

  14. Hydroxyl Group RIGHT hcc.mnscu.edu

  15. Carboxyl Group hcc.mnscu.edu

  16. Amino Group hcc.mnscu.edu

  17. hcc.mnscu.edu

  18. LEFT Question 5 Recall what were the four important macro molecules in all living things?

  19. biomolecules • Lipids (fats) • Proteins (Insulin) • Carbohydrates (glucose) • nucleic acids (DNA) lalblog.blogspot.com jennifer.nutritiontransition.co.uk

  20. LEFT Question 6 Explain how Carbon is important to life.

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