General Biology I · Module 1 · Chemistry of life

Chemistry of Life Walkthrough

Watch atoms share and trade electrons, water molecules grab and let go of each other, protons hop between molecules and carbon skeletons pick up the groups that make biology work. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Biology I Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Animations run much faster than the real events, and molecules are drawn far larger than life. Practise next in the Chemistry of Life Lab.