biomolecules and reactions

Question 1

What type of bond shares electrons?

Answer 1

covalent

Question 2

What type of bond involves the attraction of opposite charges?

Answer 2

ionic

Question 3

When an alcohol and a carboxylic acid join together what do they form?

Answer 3

ester and water

Question 4

What occurs in a reduction reaction?

Answer 4

A molecule gains electrons

Question 5

What occurs in an oxidation reaction?

Answer 5

A molecule loses electrons

Question 6

Name 3 types of carbohydrates.

Answer 6

monosaccharides
disaccharides
polysaccharides

Question 7

What do proteins consist of?

Answer 7

amino acids

Question 8

What are DNA and RNA?

Answer 8

nucleic acids

Question 9

What types of lipids are there?

Answer 9

trigylcerides
phospholipids
steroids

Question 10

What type of amino acid an extra amino group?

Answer 10

basic amino acid

Question 11

What type of amino acid has an extra carboxyl group?

Answer 11

acidic amino acid

Question 12

What is the primary structure of a protein?

Answer 12

the sequence of amino acids

Question 13

What does the secondary structure of a protein involve?

Answer 13

Hydrogen bonds.

Question 14

There are 3 types of protein primary structure..what are they?

Answer 14

alpha helix
beta sheets -parallel or antiparallel /pleated sheets
collagen triple helix

Question 15

What protein structure involves the protein’s 3D structure and side chains/

Answer 15

tertiary structure

Question 16

What types of tertiary structure are there?

Answer 16

fibrous proteins-parallel on a single axis

globular proteins-spherical shape

Question 17

What does the quaternary structure of a protein involve?

Answer 17

spatial arrangement of polypeptide chains in a protein with many subunits.