Biochemistry Revision Test

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

Sulfur, calcium, phosphorus, oxygen

Carbon, calcium, chlorine, bromine

Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen

Carbon, hyrogen, oxygen, sodium

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Covers the chemistry of life; water & properties, macromolecules, DNA structure & replication,transcription and translation, enzymes, cell respiration and photosynthesis

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3. 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

4. Identify three monosaccharides.

Galactose, frucose, glucose

Galactose, sucrose, glucose

Maltose, sucrose, lactose

Glycgoen, glucose, galactose

5. 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

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