Building a Macromolecule Virtual Lab ——————————————————————————
Instructions: Complete the Building a Macromolecule Virtual Lab from the lesson assessment page. Select begin and follow the instructions to complete the lab report.
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Objective(s):

Construct an Explanation:
Construct an explanation using what you learned in the lesson.
How are larger macromolecules formed from atoms of smaller macromolecules?

Create Each Molecule:
Once you create each molecule in the virtual lab simulation, take a screen shot of each molecule and place it below. Be sure to label the Carbons (C), Hydrogens (H), and Oxygens (O).

Glucose Fructose

Sucrose

Revise your Explanation:
Revise your explanation. Be sure to use evidence from the virtual lab simulation.
How are larger macromolecules formed from atoms of smaller macromolecules?

Analysis Questions:
Analysis questions need to be answered using complete sentences. Some questions may require a longer explanation in paragraph form.
1) How did the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in glucose and fructose combine to form sucrose? Include in your description which atoms bonded together from fructose and glucose to form sucrose and which atoms reformed to create a water molecule.
2) What pieces of evidence from the virtual lab could you use to support the following claim?
Claim: Atoms from sugar molecules may combine with other elements via chemical reactions to form other large carbon-based molecules.
3) Make an inference about what happens to the matter and energy during the formation of a complex carbohydrate molecules?
4) Explain how sugar molecules combine with other elements to create amino acids. Why is this an essential process for living things?