Biochemistry Quiz

Which answer below correctly pairs a food molecule with its building block?

• starch - amino acid

• sugar - starch

• protein - amino acid

• amino acid - sugar

Which pH value indicates the most acidic condition?

• 1.6

• 2.1

• 7.3

• 11.1

The way a protein molecule is folded determines the shape of the molecule, which determines the

• function of that protein

• structure of ATP containing that protein

• type of simple sugars in that protein

• amino acids in that protein

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Most of the starch stored in the cells of a potato is composed of molecules that originally entered these cells as

• enzymes

• simple sugars

• amino acids

• minerals

A neutral solution has a pH of

• 1

• 7

• 9

• 14

Glucose molecules are the building blocks of what class of macromolecule?

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Nucleotides

• Carbohydrates

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Enzymes are a type of

• Carbohydrate

• Protein

• Nucleotide

• Fatty acid

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Which group consists entirely of organic molecules?

• protein, starch, fat

• water, carbon dioxide, oxygen

• water, starch, protein

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What is the major component of plasma membranes?

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleotides

• Proteins

The energy in a molecule of glucose is stored

• in the bonds between atoms

• in the oxygen found in the molecule

• in the carbon atoms found in the molecule

• when water breaks this molecule apart

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