Chemistry In Our Lives Presentations
This quiz will assess general biochemistry topics in addition to assessing how well students paid attention to their peer presentations of biochemical topics.
- 1.All the following are functions of proteins except
- A.
Structural components in tissues
- B.
Catalysts in chemical reactions
- C.
Regulate body processes
- D.
Transport oxygen
- E.
All are functions of proteins
- 2.The overall shape of a protein is called
- A.
Primary structure
- B.
Tertiary structure
- C.
Secondary structure
- D.
Alpha helix
- E.
All of the above
- 3.The following are a class of biopolymers that carry genetic material
- A.
Cytoplasms
- B.
Carbohydrates
- C.
Double helix
- D.
Nucleic acids
- E.
None of the above
- 4.Molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other are called
- A.
Isomers
- B.
Chiral
- C.
Optical polarities
- D.
Enatiomers
- E.
None of the above
- 5.What are the three colors absorbed by cone cells in vision?
- A.
Red, yellow, and green
- B.
Red, blue, and green
- C.
Yellow, green, and violet
- D.
Blue, yellow, and red
- 6.What is the artery that blood gases are most commonly taken from?
- A.
Aorta
- B.
Radial artery
- C.
Tunica arter
- D.
Lumen
- 7.What are the building blocks of proteins?
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Tertiary structure
- C.
Polypeptide bonds
- D.
Peptide bonds
- 8.Why does the brain release adenosine?
- A.
To guard against caffeine
- B.
To make you feel tired
- C.
to make you hungry
- D.
To kill you
- 9.The sa node:
- A.
Lets multiple pacemaker cells fire at once
- B.
Has the least amount of electrical conduction
- C.
Is located in the right atrium
- D.
is not responsible for creating action potentials
- 10.We are exposed to radiation daily through all of the following except
- A.
Naturally occuring radon in the air
- B.
Inside our own bodies
- C.
Cell phones
- D.
None of the above
- E.
All of the above
- 11.Which receptor cell in the eye senses color
- A.
Rod
- B.
Cone
- C.
Photon
- D.
Opsin
- E.
All trans retinal
- 12.The most common lipid in the body is
- A.
Liposome
- B.
Micelle
- C.
Phospholipid bilayer
- D.
Cholesterol
- E.
Sphingomyelin
- 13.Gas in scuba tanks contains
- A.
H
- B.
B
- C.
N
- D.
Ne
- E.
None of these
- 14.When nucleotides pair to form DNA what letters pair up?
- A.
G an T
- B.
C and T
- C.
C and A
- D.
C and G
- 15.What adversely effects your heart?
- A.
High cholesterol
- B.
Creatinine
- C.
Phosphodiester
- D.
Glucose
- 16.What is the end result of drug breakdown by enzyme in the body?
- A.
Cyclic GMP
- B.
MDMA
- C.
LSD
- D.
Metabolites
- 17.Lithium is found in these types of rocks
- A.
Earth
- B.
Elemental
- C.
Quartz
- D.
Igneous
- 18.MDMA directly effects
- A.
Respiration
- B.
Serotoinin usage
- C.
Metabolic speed
- D.
Digestion
- 19.Lithium is used to treat
- A.
Diabetes
- B.
High blood pressure
- C.
Bipolar disorder
- D.
Nitrogen fixation
- 20.What is another name for low blood pressure?
- A.
Hypertension
- B.
Hypotension
- C.
Hypietension
- D.
Hypatension
- 21.What element is contained in hemoglobin, that helps transport Oxygen throughoutthe body?
- A.
Iron
- B.
Potassium
- C.
Phosphorus
- D.
Carbon
- 22.Shows electrical impulses across the heart during depolarization.
- A.
QRS wave
- B.
P wave
- C.
T wave
- D.
ST wave
- 23.The secondary shape of DNA is held together by
- A.
Hydrogen bonds
- B.
Covalent bonds
- C.
Ionic bonds
- D.
Phosphate linkages
- 24.Potash contains
- A.
N,P and K
- B.
C H and O
- C.
N O and Na
- D.
N C andO
- 25.Lipids are
- A.
Polar
- B.
Nonpolar
- C.
Hydrophyllic
- D.
Amphipathic
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Sample QuestionIs the molecule shown chiral or achiral?
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