Biochemistry Revision Test

Identify this molecule.

Nucleotides consist of which three structures?

• Amino acids, lipids and carbohydrates

• A sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

• Glycerol, lipid, triglyceride

• Adenine, cytosine, guanine

Identify three monosaccharides.

• Galactose, frucose, glucose

• Galactose, sucrose, glucose

• Maltose, sucrose, lactose

• Glycgoen, glucose, galactose

State two ways of directly measuring the rate of photosynthesis

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

• Measuring the increase in biomass and determing the light intensity

• Calculating the production of oxygen and the uptake of carbon dioxide

• All of the above

Identify this molecule.

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

Outline the process of anaerobic respiration.

State the ways of measuring the rate of photosynthesis.

Compare the storage properties of lipids and carbohydrates.

What is photosynthesis?

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.

What is a hydrogen bond?

Name three proteins and their functions.