Biochemistry I
Fall 1996
Quiz 1
September 6, 1996
Please send your answers to me via e-mail: Koni@chem.csustan.edu.
Answers that are mailed after 5:00 today will not be accepted.
Use your own words to answer the following questions.
You may consult your text, or notes, you may not consult your classmates,
friends, or other breathing sources of information.
(3 points) 1. Do a www search on one of the following topics, find the best web site on that
subject and report the URL (location) for that site. Include a brief synopsis of what is at that site.
- Choose one:
- Prions
- Alzheimer's disease
- SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrom)
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Buffer Solutions
- Hemoglobin
- Linus Pauling
- Ascorbic Acid
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
- Food safety
- Diabetes
2. (3 points)Briefly explain the first law of thermodynamics. Include a biological
example in your discussion.
3. (4 points)Name three types of non covalent interactions that are present in biomolecules.
List them in order of increasing strength, (i.e.: weakest to strongest), and
briefly describe them.
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