Biomolecules

Question 1

What is considered the building block of life?

Answer 1

Carbon

Question 2

The main inorganic compound in all living things

Answer 2

Water

Question 3

What compounds contain carbon molecules

Answer 3

Organic compounds

Question 4

What is a subunit of a complex molecule

Answer 4

Monomer

Question 5

Monomers linked together

Answer 5

Polymers

Question 6

The formation of polymers through the connecting of monomers through the removal of water

Answer 6

Dehydration reaction

Question 7

The breaking down of polymers through the addition of water

Answer 7

Hydrolysis reaction

Question 8

4 types of organic compounds

Answer 8

Lipids

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Nucleic acids

Question 9

The most abundant organic compound

Answer 9

Proteins

Question 10

Made up of amino acids

Answer 10

Proteins

Question 11

What are proteins made up of

Answer 11

Amino acid group

Carboxyl group

R group

Question 12

What links amino acids together

Answer 12

Peptide bond

Question 13

How many amino acids are responsible for the variety of proteins in living things

Answer 13

20 amino acids

Question 14

How many amino acids is the body capable of making

Answer 14

12 amino acids

Question 15

What are essential amino acids?

Answer 15

Amino acids the body isn’t capable of producing

Question 16

7 proteins in the body

Answer 16

Structural proteins

Enzymatic proteins

Transport proteins

Defense proteins

Regulatory proteins

Contractile proteins

Storage proteins

Question 17

Proteins that form the structural parts of cells and tissues

Answer 17

Structural proteins

Question 18

Proteins that catalyze chemical reactions

Answer 18

Enzymatic proteins

Question 19

What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze starch

Answer 19

Amylase

Question 20

What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze proteins

Answer 20

Protease

Question 21

What type of enzymatic proteins catalyze lipids

Answer 21

Lipase

Question 22

Proteins that form channels and carriers

Answer 22

Transport proteins

Question 23

Also considered antibodies

Answer 23

Defence proteins

Question 24

Hormones are considered this type of protein

Answer 24

Regulatory or signal proteins

Question 25

Actin and myosin are considered this type of protein

Answer 25

Contractile protein

Question 26

Proteins that serve as amino acid reserves

Answer 26

storage protein

Question 27

biomolecule that is considered the main source of energy also serves as structural component of living cells

Answer 27

Carbohydrates

Question 28

3 types of carbohydrates

Answer 28

Monosaccharides Disaccharides Polysaccharides

Question 29

Simple sugars made up of one unit of sugar can easily pass through membranes instant source of energy in cells

Answer 29

monosaccharides

Question 30

Types (?) of monosaccharides

Answer 30

Triose Hexose Pentose

Question 31

examples of monosaccharides

Answer 31

Glucose Fructose Ribose Deoxyribose

Question 32

complex sugars made of two monosaccharides chemically combined

Answer 32

Disaccharides

Question 33

The process where two monosaccharides combine with the loss of water molecules

Answer 33

dehydration synthesis

Question 34

Chemical reaction where disaccharides split with the addition of water

Answer 34

hydrolysis reaction

Question 35

examples of disaccharides

Answer 35

Sucrose Maltose Lactose

Question 36

complex sugars made up of chains of monosaccharides acts as energy storage and structural molecules as parts of cell structure

Answer 36

Polysaccharides

Question 37

types of polysaccharides

Answer 37

structural polysaccharides storage polysaccharides

Question 38

examples of structural polysaccharides

Answer 38

Cellulose Chitin

Question 39

examples of storage polysaccharides

Answer 39

Starch Glycogen

Question 40

biomolecules that are fats or fat-like substances source and storage of energy

Answer 40

Lipid

Question 41

2 types of fatty acids

Answer 41

Saturated fat Unsaturated fat

Question 42

Examples of lipids

Answer 42

Phospholipid waxes steroids cholesterol triglyceride Sphingoloid

Question 43

Biomolecule that acts as storage for genetic information

Answer 43

Nucleic acid

Question 44

2 types of nucleic acids

Answer 44

RNA DNA