Monomers and Polymers (Lecture 3)

Question 1

Four types of Macromolecules

Answer 1

Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids

Question 2

Carbohydrate Monomers

Answer 2

Monosaccharides and Disaccharides

Question 3

Lipid Monomers

Answer 3

Glycerol and Fatty Acids

Question 4

Protein Monomers

Answer 4

Amino Acids

Question 5

Nucleic Acid Monomers

Answer 5

Nucleotides

Question 6

What element makes up the BACKBONE of biological molecules

Answer 6

Carbon

Question 7

Making of chemical bonds by removing water

Answer 7

Dehydration Synthesis

Question 8

Breaking of chemical bonds by adding water

Answer 8

Hydrolysis

Question 9

What kind of entity has Fructose?

Answer 9

Fruit

Question 10

What products does Galactose come from

Answer 10

Dairy Products

Question 11

What kind of covalent bond holds two monosaccharides together

Answer 11

Glycosidic Linkage

Question 12

What kind of life form is Starch glucose located in?

Answer 12

Plants

Question 13

What kind of life form is Glycogen glucose located in?

Answer 13

Animals

Question 14

Rope-like chains of glucose

Answer 14

Cellulose

Question 15

Chains of glucose containing nitrogen that makes up the cell walls of Fungi and Slime Molds

Answer 15

Chitin

Question 16

Insoluable in water

Answer 16

Hydrophobic

Question 17

Soluble in water

Answer 17

Hydrophilic

Question 18

What group determines what type of Protein will result from an Amino Structure

Answer 18

Radical group

Question 19

Functional categories of proteins

Answer 19

Storage, Structural, Contractile, Protective, Transport, Hormonal, Enzymatic

Question 20

Change in shape of protein due to excessively high temperatures or unfavorable conditions

Answer 20

Denaturation

Question 21

Protein shape restoration to a normal state when returned to favorable conditions

Answer 21

Renaturation

Question 22

Nucleotide Structure

Answer 22

Phosphate group, Pentose Sugar, Nitrogenous Base