Biochemistry

What is the monomer of a carbohydrate

• glucose (monosaccharide)

• amino acid

• glycerol and a fatty acid

• nucleotide

The monomers of nucleic acids are

• glucose (monosaccharide)

• amino acid

• fatty acid and glycerol

• nucleotides

The function of this biomolecule is to store and transfer genetic material

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

Quick energy source

• glucose

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• phospholipid

Glucose not used will be stored as

• starch in plants or glycogen in animals

• hemoglobin in plants or fat in animals

• insulin and glycogen in plants

• enzymes and protein

The energy needed to start a reaction is

• glucose

• substrate

• activation energy

• monosaccharide

Which of the following are carbohydrates?

• meat, cheese, nuts

• oils, waxes, lipids

• pasta, bread, potato

• DNA and RNA

Which of these are proteins?

• enzymes

• lipids

• DNA

• RNA

This structure is double stranded with bases adenine , guanine, cytosine and thymine

• DNA

• RNA

• lipid

• protein

Enzymes

• decrease activation energy and speed up reactions

• increase activation energy and decrease speed of reactions