Biological Molecules WK2 L4

Question 1

WHAT ARE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS?

Answer 1

COMPUNDS CONTAINING CARBON

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE 4 PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF OF ORGANIC COMPOUND?

Answer 2

CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACID

Question 3

HOW MANY VALENCE ELECTRONS DOES CARBON HAVE?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

WHAT IS A PROTEIN MADE UP OF?

Answer 4

A CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS (MONOMER) FOR PROTEINS?

Answer 5

AMINO ACIDS

Question 6

WHAT ARE AMINO ACIDS MADE FROM?

Answer 6

CENTRA CARBON ATOM - CARBOXYL GROUP - AMINO GROUP - HYDROGEN

Question 7

WHAT ARE SIDE CHAINS AND HOW MANY ARE THERE?

Answer 7

AROUND 20 DIFFRENT TYPES OF AMINO ACIDS

Question 8

HOW MANY AMINO ACID STRUCTURES ARE THERE?

Answer 8

4 - PRIMARY - SECONDARY - TERTIARY - QUARTERNARY

Question 9

WHAT IS THE POLYMER IN AMINO ACIDS?

Answer 9

THE FINAL PROTEIN STRUCTURE

Question 10

WHAT ARE THE AMINO ACIDS PRIMARY STRUCTURE SHAPES?

Answer 10

BETA PLEATED - ALPHA HELIX

Question 11

WHAT IS A TERTIARY STRUCTURE?

Answer 11

THE AMINO ACID CHAINS IN 3 DIMENSIONAL SPACE

Question 12

WHAT IS A QUATERNARY STRUCTURE?

Answer 12

MULTIPLE AMINO ACID TERTIARY STRUCTURES TOGETHER

Question 13

WHAT IS AN ENZYME?

Answer 13

A PROTEIN THAT DOES THINGS NON STOP

Question 14

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF AN ENZYME?

Answer 14

TO SPEED UP METABOLISM AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS ON THE BODY

Question 15

WHAT IS DENATURING?

Answer 15

WHEN THE ENZYME IS NO LONGER ACTIVE/FUNCTIONING DUE TO INCORRECT PH LEVELS OR EXTREME HEAT

Question 16

WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATES MADE OF?

Answer 16

CARBON - HYDROGEN - OXYGEN

Question 17

WHAT IS THE GENERAL FORMULA OF CARBOHYDRATES?

Answer 17

(CH₂O)_N

Question 18

WHAT IS THE ROOT WORD OF CARBOHYDRATES?

Answer 18

SACCHAR

(MONOSACCHARIDE)

Question 19

WHAT IS THE SUFFIX OF CARBOHYDRATES?

Answer 19

OSE

(GLUCOSE)

Question 20

ARE CARBOHYDRATES HYDROPHILIC OR HYDROPHOBIC?

Answer 20

HYDROPHILIC

Question 21

WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS (MONOMER) FOR CARBOHYDRATES?

Answer 21

MONOSACCHARIDES

Question 22

WHAT ARE MONOSACCHARIDES?

Answer 22

SMALL SIMPLE SUGARS

Question 23

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MONOSACCHARIDES?

Answer 23

GLUCOSE, GALACTOSE, FRUCTOSE

Question 24

WHAT ARE POLYSACCHARIDES?

Answer 24

LONG CHAINS OF GLUCOSE

Question 25

WHAT ARE DISSACHARIDES?

Answer 25

SUGAR MOLECULES COMPOSED OF 2X MONOSACHARIDES

Question 26

WHAT ARE MAJOR DISSACHARIDES?

Answer 26

SUCROSE - GLUCOSE & FRUCTOSE LACTOSE - GLUCOSE & GALACTOSE MALTOSE - GLUCOSE & GLUCOSE

Question 27

WHAT ARE THE 3X POLYSACCHARIDES IN HUMANS?

Answer 27

GLYCOGEN, STARCH, CELLULOSE

Question 28

WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS (MONOMER) FOR LIPIDS?

Answer 28

FATTY ACIDS & GLYCEROL

Question 29

WHAT ARE FATY ACIDS?

Answer 29

A CHAIN OF CARBON WITH HYDROGEN ATTACHED TO EACH SIDE

Question 30

WHAT TYPES OF FATTY ACIDS ARE THERE?

Answer 30

SATURATED AND UNSATURDATED

Question 31

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO FATTY ACIDS?

Answer 31

THE SATURATED HAS A DOUBLE HYDROGEN BOND

Question 32

WHAT IS GLYCEROLE?

Answer 32

AN ALCOHOL WITH 3 CARBONS, 5 HYDROGENS & 3 HYDROXYL

Question 33

WHAT ARE PHOSPHOLIPIDS MADE OF?

Answer 33

PHOSPHATE - GLYCEROLE - SATURATED FATTY ACIDS

Question 34

WHAT DO THE PHOSPHOLIPIDS DO?

Answer 34

Question 35

WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS?

Answer 35

DNA - RNA

Question 36

WHAT ARE NUCLEIC ACIDS MADE OF?

Answer 36

A CHAIN OF NUCLEOTIDES

Question 37

WHAT ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS (MONOMER) FOR NUCLEIC ACIDS?

Answer 37

NUCLEOTIDE

Question 38

WHAT ARE NUCLEOTIDES MADE OF?

Answer 38

PHOSPHATE - SUAGR - BASE

Question 39

HOW MANY BASE TYPES OF NUCLEOTIDES ARE THERE AND WHAT ARE THEY?

Answer 39

5 TYPES - A - T - C - G - U

Question 40

WHAT IS DNA?

Answer 40

POLYMER COMPOSED OF 2 POLYNUCLEOTIDES THAT COIL AROUND FORMING A DOUBLE HELIX

Question 41

WHICH BASE LETTERS DOES DNA USE?

Answer 41

A - T - C - G

Question 42

WHAT IS RNA?

Answer 42

Question 43

WHICH BASE LETTERS DOES RNA USE?

Answer 43

A - C - G - U