Lecture Week 2 Quiz - Organic Molecules

Question 1

Polysaccharide found in plant cell walls that is indigestible to humans

Answer 1

Cellulose

Question 2

Molecule that uses genetic information to build proteins

Answer 2

RNA

Question 3

Disaccharide found in milk

Answer 3

Lactose

Question 4

Subunit of nucleic acid

Answer 4

Nucleotide

Question 5

Molecule that forms fats and oils

Answer 5

Triglyceride

Question 6

Short term (between meals) energy storage polysaccharide in animals

Answer 6

Glycogen

Question 7

Table sugar disaccharide

Answer 7

Sucrose

Question 8

A triglyceride has three of this

Answer 8

Fatty acid

Question 9

A short chain of amino acids

Answer 9

Peptide

Question 10

Stores genetic information for making proteins

Answer 10

DNA

Question 11

Different types of this chemical have different R groups

Answer 11

Amino acid

Question 12

Steroid use to synthesize sex hormones

Answer 12

Cholesterol

Question 13

Split personality lipid that forms the cell’s plasma membrane

Answer 13

Phospholipid

Question 14

Polysaccharide produced by plants for energy storage

Answer 14

Starch

Question 15

A triglyceride has one of this

Answer 15

Glycerol

Question 16

Blood sugar

Answer 16

Glucose