Pre-Lab Questions
1. Nitrogenfixation is a natural process by which inert or unreactive forms of nitrogenare transformed into usable nitrogen. Why is this process important to life?
2. Givenwhat you have learned about the hydrogen bonding shared between nucleic acidsin DNA, which pair is more stable under increasing heat: adenine and thymine,or cytosine and guanine? Explain why.
3. Which of the following is not an organicmolecule; Methane (CH4), Fructose(C6H12O6),Rosane (C20H36), or Ammonia (NH3)? How do youknow?