Chemical Basis Of Life

Question 1

What are the four categories of biomolecules?

Question 2

Which biomolecules are polymers?

Question 3

What is a polymer?

Question 4

What are the monomers that make polysaccharides?

Answer 4

Monosaccharides

Question 5

What type of bond is used to connect monosaccharides to form polysaccharides?

Answer 5

Glycoside bond

Question 6

What are the monomers for nucleic acids?

Answer 6

Nucleotides

Question 7

How many nitrogenous bases are in nucleotides?

Answer 7

technically eight
4 for deoxyribose
4 for ribose

Question 8

What type of bond connects nucleotides together to form nucleic acids?

Answer 8

Phosphodiester bond

Question 9

What do nucleic acids form? I think

Answer 9

DNA and RNA

Question 10

What are the monomers for polypeptides?

Question 11

What is the bond that connects amino acids together to form polypeptides?

Answer 11

Peptide bonds

Question 12

What do polypeptides turn into?

Question 13

What is the difference between polypeptides and proteins?

Question 14

Are lipids polymers?

Question 15

What is the general formula for carbohydrates?

Question 16

What are the characteristics for carbohydrates?

Question 17

What are the tow main categories for carbohydrates?

Answer 17

Simples and Complex carbs