Biochemistry

Question 1

Building blocks of the cells

Answer 1

Biomolecules

Question 2

Four types of biomolecules

Answer 2

Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

Question 3

Most abundant of the four biomolecules

Answer 3

Carbohydrates

Question 4

Transportable and usable form of energy

Answer 4

Carbohydrates

Question 5

Sugar found in fruits

Answer 5

Fructose

Question 6

Known as table sugar, combination of 1 glucose unit and 1 fructose unit

Answer 6

Sucrose

Question 7

Most common of disaccharides and found in almost everything that is edible

Answer 7

Sucrose

Question 8

Biomolecules that are considered as hydrophobic or water-hating

Answer 8

Lipids

Question 9

They do not exhibit polymerization but are large molecules in their own respect

Answer 9

Lipids

Question 10

Simple lipids are:

Answer 10

Fats/Oils, Waxes, Terpenes

Question 11

Complex lipids are:

Answer 11

Phospholipids, Steroids

Question 12

Serves as the storage units of energy

Answer 12

Fats and oils

Question 13

Lipids that come from animals

Answer 13

Fats

Question 14

Lipids that come from plants

Answer 14

Oils

Question 15

Double bonds are absent; tight packing of molecules happen; bad cholesterol

Answer 15

Saturated fat

Question 16

Double bonds are present; tight packing of molecules is impossible; good cholesterol

Answer 16

Unsaturated fat

Question 17

Oldest of all the biological compounds

Answer 17

Terpenes

Question 18

Lipids that are similar in structure to fats and oils

Answer 18

Phospholipids

Question 19

They are the building blocks of the cell membrane

Answer 19

Phospholipids

Question 20

Chemical messenger produced in one part of the body

Answer 20

Hormones

Question 21

Building blocks of the sex hormones

Answer 21

Steroids

Question 22

Most complex in structure

Answer 22

Protein

Question 23

Most versatile of all the biomolecules

Answer 23

Protein

Question 24

Building blocks of protein

Answer 24

Amino Acids

Question 25

Structure of protein

Answer 25

Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary

Question 26

Simplest level of a protein’s structure

Answer 26

Primary structure

Question 27

Arrangement of amino acids in a chain

Answer 27

Primary structure

Question 28

Dependent on the interactions of the functional groups

Answer 28

Secondary structure

Question 29

Dependent on the interactions of R-groups

Answer 29

Tertiary structure

Question 30

Common in proteins whose primary structure is made up of multiple chains

Answer 30

Quaternary structure

Question 31

Protect the body from infection

Answer 31

Antibodies

Question 32

Proteins which reduce activation energy allowing chemical reactions to occur in living things

Answer 32

Enzymes

Question 33

Inorganic/organic compound that speed up the chemical reactions

Answer 33

Catalysts

Question 34

2 ideas about enzymes action

Answer 34

Lock and key model, Induced Fit model

Question 35

Substrate fits into the active site like a key into a lock; The enzyme put stress on the bond

Answer 35

Lock and key model

Question 36

If a protein loses its shape and function; substrate cant enter the active site

Answer 36

Denatured enzymes

Question 37

Substance on which an enzymes act

Answer 37

Substrate