Biochemistry quiz and key

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Notebook Section: _________________
Name: ________ANSWER KEY_______________
Date: ______________________ Period:____
Topic 1 Keystone Quiz (Biochemistry and the Molecules of Life)
1. Water is a _____ molecule, which lends it to many important properties.
 polar

nonpolar

ionic

metallic
2. Compounds like H2O and CO2 would be ______, which compounds like C6H12O6 and C2H5O2N would be
_____.


 organic; inorganic
 inorganic; organic
nonpolar; polar
polar; nonpolar
3. Due to maximizing the number of _____ bonds, solid water is actually less dense than liquid water

metallic
 hydrogen

ionic

covalent
4. A macromolecule contains the elements C,H, and O. It is a polymer of hexagonal rings, and the elements
come out to a ratio of ~1:2:1. Which macromolecule would this be?
 Carbohydrate

Lipid

Nucleic acid

Protein
5. A monomer is to a polymer as...?
 a polysaccharide is to a monosaccharide
 a nucleotide is to nucleic acid


a lipid is to a carbohydrate
a protein is to an amino acid
6. Which of the following is not a part of an amino acid?


amine group
carboxyl group
 phosphate group
 radical (r) group
7. The "lock and key" model refers to


dehydration synthesis

an enzyme and a substrate
monomers and polymers
8. Hydrolysis involves the _____ of water to _____ a polymer.


removal; break up
removal; build
 addition; break up
 addition; build DNA
9. Glucose, a carbohydrate monomer, would be referred to as a(n)
 monolipid
 monosaccharide


polysaccharide
amino acid
10. Biological protein catalysts speed up reactions by
 lowering activation energy
 increasing the reaction temperature


decreasing the amount of reactant
collisions
all of the above
Notebook Section: _________________
Name: _____________________________________
Date: ______________________ Period:____
Topic 1 Keystone Quiz (Biochemistry and the Molecules of Life)
1. Water is a _____ molecule, which lends it to many important properties.

polar

nonpolar

ionic

metallic
2. Compounds like H2O and CO2 would be ______, which compounds like C6H12O6 and C2H5O2N would be
_____.




nonpolar; polar
polar; nonpolar
organic; inorganic
inorganic; organic
3. Due to maximizing the number of _____ bonds, solid water is actually less dense than liquid water

metallic

hydrogen

ionic

covalent
4. A macromolecule contains the elements C,H, and O. It is a polymer of hexagonal rings, and the elements
come out to a ratio of ~1:2:1. Which macromolecule would this be?

Carbohydrate

Lipid

Nucleic acid

Protein
5. A monomer is to a polymer as...?


a polysaccharide is to a monosaccharide
a nucleotide is to nucleic acid


a lipid is to a carbohydrate
a protein is to an amino acid
6. Which of the following is not a part of an amino acid?


amine group
carboxyl group


phosphate group
radical (r) group
7. The "lock and key" model refers to


dehydration synthesis

an enzyme and a substrate
monomers and polymers
8. Hydrolysis involves the _____ of water to _____ a polymer.


removal; break up
removal; build


addition; break up
addition; build DNA
9. Glucose, a carbohydrate monomer, would be referred to as a(n)


monolipid
monosaccharide


polysaccharide
amino acid
10. Biological protein catalysts speed up reactions by


lowering activation energy
increasing the reaction temperature


decreasing the amount of reactant
collisions
all of the above
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