Unit 2 Biochemistry (Honors Biology)

What property of water makes it the 'universal solvent'?

• it is a polar molecule
• it is an ionic compound
• it contains hydrogen bonds
• it steals electrons from other atoms

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Carbohydrates are made of... 

• C H O
• C H O N
• C H O N P
• C H O N S

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Glucose is a _____.

• carbohydrate
• lipid
• protein 
• nucleic acid

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Proteins are composed of what smaller building blocks?

• amino acids
• nucleic acids
• fatty acids
• nucleotides

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Which group of organic molecules serve as long-term energy storage and make the cell membrane is?

• proteins
• carbohydrates
• lipids
• nucleic acids

Also known as simple sugars, these are the monomers of carbohydrates.

• lipids
• nucleotide
• monosaccharide
• monomer

Building blocks of polymers.

• monomer
• polypeptide
• monosaccharide
• glycerol

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Type of bond that holds water molecules to each other (because of positive and negative sides)

• Covalent bonds
• Ionic bonds
• Polar bonds
• Hydrogen bonds

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If an element has an atomic number of 26 and an atomic mass of 56, how many neutrons does it have?

• 26
• 30
• 56
• 82

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In which type of bond are electrons transferred?

• Non-polar Covalent Bonds
• Polar Covalent Bonds
• Ionic Bonds
• Hydrogen Bonds