Bio Chapter 2 Quiz slides 1–20 deck 1

Question 1

What kind of compounds are Molecules that contain carbon and hydrogen?

Answer 1

ORGANIC compounds

Question 2

What are polymers?

Answer 2

Large, complex molecules formed by carbon.

Question 3

what are monomers?

Answer 3

Small molecules made by joining thousands of polymers

Question 4

What is Polymerization

Answer 4

Joining monomers together to form polymers

Question 5

What are the four main types of organic compounds found in living things?

Answer 5

Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic acid‘s
Proteins

Question 6

What provides the main source of energy for living things?

Answer 6

Carbohydrates

Question 7

What are the two main types of carbohydrates?

Answer 7

Sugars

Starches

Question 8

Words that end in -“ose” (like glucose, fructose) are what?

Answer 8

Sugars

Question 9

MONOsaccharides have how many sugar molecules?

Answer 9

One sugar molecule

Question 10

DIsaccharides have how many sugars?

Answer 10

2 sugar molecules

Question 11

POLYsaccharides have how many sugar molecules? (Starch is an example)

Answer 11

Many sugar molecules

Question 12

What is the word that means “animal starch“

Answer 12

Glycogen

Question 13

In what body organ do animals store glycogen?

Answer 13

The liver

Question 14

Where do plants store excess sugar?

Answer 14

In their roots. It is stored as starch

Question 15

What kind of polysaccharide (ends in ‘-lose’ makes up cell walls in plant cells?

Answer 15

Cellulose

Question 16

What are the four major types of proteins?

Answer 16

Enzymes
Building material for cells
Hormones
Antibodies

Question 17

Where are the instructions for building proteins in a cell contained?

Answer 17

DNA