D3 assesment

Question 1

Lipids are?

Answer 1

oils and fats

Question 2

Whats a triglyceride?

Answer 2

group of lipids, contains one molecule of glycerol and 3 fatty acids attached to it.

Question 3

What is a fatty acids structure?

Answer 3

long chain of carbon atoms with an acid group.

Question 4

If carbon atoms have a single bond they are?

Answer 4

saturated

Question 5

If carbon atoms have a double bond they are?

Answer 5

unsaturated.

Question 6

What is an enzyme?

Answer 6

A biological catalyst which increases the speed of reactions.

Question 7

Enzymes are what type of proteins?

Answer 7

globular proteins

Question 8

Whats an amino acid?

Answer 8

monomer of the polymer of a protein molecule.

Question 9

Nucleic acid?

Answer 9

monomer of the polymer DNA strand.

Question 10

Glucose?

Answer 10

monomer of the polymer of the carbohydrate molecule.

Question 11

Water is formed when making a polymer, what type of reaction is this?

Answer 11

condensation reaction.

Question 12

What is an hyrdrolysis reaction?

Answer 12

polymer is broken down into monomers with the addition of water.

Question 13

What is a polymer?

Answer 13

Large molecules made of long chains of monomers joined together.

Question 14

What is a monomer?

Answer 14

small, molecular units that can form a polymer.

Question 15

What does a nucleic acid look like?

Answer 15

made of pentose sugar, nitrogen containing base and a phosphate group

Question 16

Mono means?

Answer 16

only one sugar molecule

Question 17

Di means?

Answer 17

two sugar molecules

Question 18

Poly means?

Answer 18

many sugar molecules