Biology Macromolecules Quiz
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- 1.
What is an organic base molecule?
- A.
A carbon based molecule
- B.
A noncarbon based molecule
- C.
A complex sugar
- D.
A amino acid
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A. A carbon based molecule -
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What is an inorganic molecule
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a noncarbon based molecule - 3.
What are hydrocarbons
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orgainic molecules with hydrogen and carbon atoms - 4.
What is a functional group
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group of molecules with predictable actions - 5.
What are monomers and polymers
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mono- a small molecule used as a buliding block to other molecule poly- is a chain of monmers - 6.
What reastions are used in the building and breaking down of polymers
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dehydration and hydrolysis - 7.
What are monosaccarides
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a sugar unit containing one sugar - 8.
What are disaccarides
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a sugar contain two monosaccarides - 9.
What is a polysaccaride and name four of them
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a long polymer chain made up of simple suger monomers cellulose chitin glycogen starch - 10.
What is a carbohydrate
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organic molecule made up of sugar molecules 1c 2h 1o - 11.
What is a lipid ?
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one class of water avoiding molecules - 12.
Difference between saturated and unsaturated fat
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saturated has the maximun number of hydrogen atoms and unsaturated has double bonds with oxygen - 13.
What monomers make up the polymer protein
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amino acids - 14.
Another name of a chain of amino acids is called a
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polypeptide - 15.
What is denaturation
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protein unrolds and loses shape - 16.
What can cause protiens to denaturre
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heat, pH level - 17.
What is an enzyme
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protein that speeds up biological reaction - 18.
What is a catalyst
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a chemical that speeds up chemical reasction - 19.
What is activtino energy
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minime amount of energy used to trigger a chemical reaction - 20.
How does an enzyme affect activation energy
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lowers engery requirement barrier - 21.
What is the primary struture of a protein
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specfic structure of amino acids - 22.
What happens when secndary structure of proteins form
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carbon nitrogen backbone hydrogen bonds with itself forming the aplpha helix and beta pletid sheet - 23.
Tertiary structure forms
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r groups bond with eachother - 24.
Quaterary froms
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folded polypeptide will unfold and bond with new peptidechains - 25.
Where is the n terminious and c terminiciour
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the N term is in the beging of the polypeptide chain and the c is at the end - 26.
What is a simple sugar
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monosaccride and disaccaride - 27.
What is a complex suger
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polysaccaride - 28.
What functional groups has to do with carbohydrates
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carbonyl hydroxyl - 29.
What is an isotop
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same # of P+E diff # of N - 30.
How are atoms bonded together
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electron covalent bonds - 31.
Whats a peptide bond
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is a chemical bond formed between two molecules - 32.
What two compounds make up fat
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glycerols and fatty acids. - 33.
Difference between testostron and estrogen
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methyl group and a carbonyl group - 34.
How many covlaent bonds can carbon form
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four - 35.
Starch
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plant cells stores glucose for later use - 36.
Glycogen
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stores glucose monomers in animal celss - 37.
Chitin
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found in cell walls - 38.
Whats a steriod
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lipid molecule with four fused carbon rings - 39.
Whats a protein
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polymer constructed from 20 kinds of amino acids - 40.
What determines prottien shaope
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amiono acid sequence and enivoriment
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