Biochemistry Revision Test

Nucleotides consist of which three structures?

• A.

  Amino acids, lipids and carbohydrates

• B.

  A sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

• C.

  Glycerol, lipid, triglyceride

• D.

  Adenine, cytosine, guanine

What are the four most common elements found in living things?

• A.

  Sulfur, calcium, phosphorus, oxygen

• B.

  Carbon, calcium, chlorine, bromine

• C.

  Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen

• D.

  Carbon, hyrogen, oxygen, sodium

Name two carbohydrates in both plants and animals and state the functions of each.

Outline the process of anaerobic respiration.

Identify this molecule.

State the ways of measuring the rate of photosynthesis.

Compare the storage properties of lipids and carbohydrates.

What is photosynthesis?

Identify three monosaccharides.

• A.

  Galactose, frucose, glucose

• B.

  Galactose, sucrose, glucose

• C.

  Maltose, sucrose, lactose

• D.

  Glycgoen, glucose, galactose

Outline the process condensation and hydrolysis

Outline the process of DNA transcription.

Define enzyme and active site.

Compare the structure of DNA & RNA.

Outline the effect of pH on the rate of enzyme reaction describing denaturation.

State two ways of directly measuring the rate of photosynthesis

• A.

  Determine the number of enzymes within the organism and the dimensions of the active site

• B.

  Measuring the increase in biomass and determing the light intensity

• C.

  Calculating the production of oxygen and the uptake of carbon dioxide

• D.

  All of the above

What is a hydrogen bond?

Name three proteins and their functions.

Identify this molecule.