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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Biology => Topic started by: jet159 on March 14, 2013, 07:51:54 pm
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What does the question when it asks you to determine the, " NATURE," of a Biological Macro molecule?
Regards
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The type of marco molecule?
Protien etc?
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I am talking generally about any molecule. What does it mean if the question asks you the NATURE of a molecule (i don't get what it means by the NATURE) ?
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That's a pretty vague requirement for a question haha, I hope you don't see anything like it on the exam.
I would interpret it as asking about the composition of the biomacromolecule, i.e. Carbohydrates 
C, H, O; Nucleic Acids C, H, O, N, P, S etc. Of course, this would only be relevant if the question was something along the lines of "Determine the nature of a carbohydrate."
However, if the question was similar to "Determine the nature of a sucrose molecule" - I would approach constructing an answer as follows:
- a polysaccharide formed from glucose and fructose monosaccharides
- hence it's a carbohydrate
- Hence it's composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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Thank-You, Regards
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I got a "describe the nature of enzymes" question on my SAC recently and I have to agree that it's a real drainer. It's so hard to know what you have to say. As a guide, use the mark allocation to determine how many pieces of information are required.