Chemistry of Life

What is a solute?

• The substance that gets dissolved

• The substance that does the dissolving

• The mixture of two substances

Water is the "universal solvent". What does this mean?

• Water is dissolved in more things than any other substance

• Water dissolves more things than any other substance

• Water mixes with more things than any other substance

• Water takes more energy to heat up than any other substance

Which of the following substance is hydrophobic?

• Gatorade Powder

• Sugar

• Water

• Oil

Which major macromolecule is being represented in this image? 

• carbohydrate

• lipid

• protein

• nucleic acid

The element _______is found in all of the organic compounds.

• Iron

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Oxygen

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Proteins are made of monomers called ___________

• Nucleotides

• Monosaccharides

• Amino Acids

• Glycerol and fatty acids

Nucleotides are monomers of

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

Waxes, oils and fats are examples of

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

Which macromolecule stores energy, insulates us, and makes up the cell membrane?

• lipids

• proteins

• carbohydrates

• nucleic acids

All polymers are made up of...

• monosaccharides

• monomers

• proteins

• None of these