Organic Compound Building Blocks Miniquiz

Question 1

name the classes of organic compound

Answer 1

carbohydrate, protein, lipid, nucleic acid

Question 2

what are the building blocks of carbohydrates

Answer 2

monosaccharides

Question 3

what elements make up carbohydrates

Answer 3

C, H, O in a 1:2:1 ratio

Question 4

what is another word for building block

Answer 4

monomer

Question 5

what are the different kinds of lipids

Answer 5

triglycerides, phospholipids, waxes, steroids

Question 6

what are the building blocks of triglycerides

Answer 6

3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol

Question 7

what are the building blocks of phospholipids

Answer 7

2 fatty acids, 1 glycerol, and a phosphate group

Question 8

what are the building blocks of waxes

Answer 8

1 fatty acid linked to an alcohol

Question 9

what are the building blocks of steroids

Answer 9

4 fused carbon rings (3 six-sided and 1 five-sided)

Question 10

what are the building blocks of protein

Answer 10

amino acids

Question 11

what elements make up lipids

Answer 11

C, H, O

Question 12

what elements make up proteins

Answer 12

C, H, N, O

Question 13

what are the building blocks of nucleic acids

Answer 13

nucleotides

Question 14

What are the elements of nucleic acids

Answer 14

C, H, N, O, P