Macromolecules and Water Quiz

Question 1

What are monomers of carbohydrates?

Answer 1

Monosaccharides

Question 2

Give examples of monosaccharides.

Answer 2

Fructose, glucose, galactose

Question 3

What are multiple units of carbohydrates?

Answer 3

Polysaccharides

Question 4

Give examples of polysaccharides.

Answer 4

Maltose, sucrose, lactose, starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin

Question 5

What types of bonds form between polysaccharides?

Answer 5

Glycosidic linkages

Question 6

How do glycosidic linkages form?

Answer 6

Condensation reactions

Question 7

What type of lipids are liquid at room temperature?

Answer 7

Unsaturated fatty acids

Question 8

What type of lipids are solid at room temperature?

Answer 8

Saturated fatty acids

Question 9

What is the difference between unsaturated and saturated fatty acids?

Answer 9

Unsaturated fatty acids have bends caused by double bonds in their chains, and saturated fatty acids are straight.

Question 10

What are the three types of multiple units of lipids?

Answer 10

Triclyglycerols, phospholipids, and steroids

Question 11

What type of bonds form triclyglycerols?

Answer 11

Ester linkages

Question 12

What types of bonds form phospholipids?

Answer 12

Hydrogen bonds

Question 13

What are lipids made of?

Answer 13

Glycerol and fatty acid chains

Question 14

What are examples of triclyglycerols?

Answer 14

Saturated/unsaturated fats, adipose

Question 15

What are examples of phospholipids?

Answer 15

Cell membrane

Question 16

What are examples of steroids?

Answer 16

Cholesterol

Question 17

What are proteins made of?

Answer 17

Amino group, carboxyl group, side chain, and a hydrogen

Question 18

What is the monomer unit of a protein?

Answer 18

Amino acids (peptide)

Question 19

What is the polymer unit of protein

Answer 19

Polypeptide

Question 20

What type of bonds form proteins?

Answer 20

Peptide bonds which form from dehydration reactions

Question 21

What are examples of proteins in the body?

Answer 21

Muscle cells, hemoglobin, ligaments, hormones, insulin, and enzymes

Question 22

What are nucleic acids made of?

Answer 22

Sugar, phosphate, base

Question 23

What is the monomer unit of nucleic acids?

Answer 23

Nucleotides

Question 24

What are the polymer units of nucleic acids?

Answer 24

DNA and RNA

Question 25

What are purines?

Answer 25

Guanine and adenin

Question 26

What are pyrimidines?

Answer 26

Thymine and cytosine

Question 27

What type of bonds hold together multiple nucleotides?

Answer 27

Phosphodiester linkages

Question 28

What is the first structure of proteins?

Answer 28

Primary structure - amino acid chain

Question 29

What is the second structure of proteins?

Answer 29

Secondary structure - amino acid chain with bends and twists

Question 30

What is the third structure of proteins?

Answer 30

Tertiary structure - secondary structure all clumped together

Question 31

What is the fourth structure of proteins?

Answer 31

Quaternary structure - more than 1 tertiary structure all clumped together

Question 32

What is another name for a condensation reaction?

Answer 32

Glycosidic reaction