AP Chemistry of Organic Molecules

A fatty acid is unsaturated if it

• contains hydrogen
• contains carbon--carbon double bonds
• contains a carboxyl (acid) group
• bonds to a nucleotide

What are the four biological molecules?

• proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids
• A, T, C, G
• water, air, earth, and fire
• Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas

A biological polymer that stores and transmits genetic information is a ...

• nucleic acid
• carbohydrate
• lipid
• protein

What are the monomers of a polysaccharides?

• Amino Acids
• Nucleotides
• Triglycerides
• Monosaccharides

Which is NOT one of the three types of carbohydrates?

• Sugars
• Fats
• Fibers
• Starches

What type of reaction is shown below?
monomer + monomer --> polymer + water

• dehyrolysis
• dehydration
• hydrolysis
• covalent

Hydrolysis literally means

• To join with water
• To split with oil
• To split with water
• To join with oil.

This process removes a water molecule in order to bond monomers together:

• Dehydration Synthesis
• Exocytosis
• Osmosis
• Hydrolysis

DNA and RNA are examples of...

• proteins
• nucleic acids
• carbohydrates
• lipids

Another name for fats and oils

• proteins
• sugar
• lipids
• nucleic acids