Organic Compounds

Question 1

Organic compounds contain _________.

Answer 1

CARBON

Question 2

List the 5 organic compounds?

Answer 2

CARBOHYDRATES
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LIPIDS
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PROTEINS
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NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question 3

Which organic compound functions primarily as an energy substrate?

Answer 3

CARBOHYDRATES

Question 4

Sugars, starches, and glycogen are which form of organic compound?

Answer 4

CARBOHYDRATES

Question 5

Glycogen is the storage form of ____________.

Answer 5

GLUCOSE

Question 6

Which type of organic compound are fats and other fat like substances?

Answer 6

LIPIDS

Question 7

Fatty acids are energy ___________, with many different functions.

Answer 7

SUBSTRATES

Question 8

This type of lipid is the storage form for excess calories…

Answer 8

TRIGLYCERIDES

Question 9

Name the organic compound which are large, complex molecule structures made up of amino acids?

Answer 9

PROTEINS

Question 10

Structural proteins provide the ____________ of body parts.

Answer 10

FRAMEWORK

Question 11

What are regulatory proteins responsible for?

Answer 11

HORMONES

Question 12

What are contractile proteins responsible for?

Answer 12

SHORTENING MUSCLE CELLS

Question 13

What are immunological proteins responsible for?

Answer 13

HELP FIGHT INVADING PATHOGENS

Question 14

What are transport proteins responsible for?

Answer 14

CARRY SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY

Question 15

What are catalytic proteins responsible for?

Answer 15

REGULATE BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

Question 16

Nucleic acids are organic compounds which include

Answer 16

DNA
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RNA

Question 17

What is DNA?

Answer 17

YOUR GENETIC MATERIAL

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE

DNA controls most cell activities

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

Which nucleic acid relays genetic instructions to guide protein synthesis?

Answer 19

RNA

Question 20

Which organic compound provides a form of energy that is usable by all cells of the body?

Answer 20

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE

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