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Biomolecules

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

The monomers used to synthesize proteins are called:

a)

nucleotides

b)

amino acids

c)

fatty acids

d)

sugars

e)

glycerol

2.

A nucleoside contains

a)

a pentose sugar

b)

a purine or pyrimidine base

c)

one or more phosphate group

d)

all of these

e)

a pentose sugar and a base but not phosphate group

3.

The molecule shown below is

a)

a purine base

b)

a pyrimidine base

c)

a sugar

d)

a fatty acid

e)

an amino acid

4.

The molecule shown below is

a)

a purine base

b)

a pyrimidine base

c)

a sugar

d)

a fatty acid

e)

an amino acid

5.

The molecule shown below is

a)

dATP

b)

dADP

c)

dAMP

d)

a polysaccharide

e)

a sugar

6.

What kind of molecule is represented by the structure below?

CH3CH2CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COOH

a)

a sugar

b)

an unsaturated fatty acid

c)

a saturated fatty acid

d)

a disaccharide

e)

a phospholipid

7.

What type of chemical bond is illustrated below?

a)

a sugar-sugar bond

b)

a glycerol-fatty acid bond

c)

a peptide bond

d)

a phosphate-phosphate bond

e)

a hydrogen bond

8.

Which of the following functions is not associated with proteins?

a)

contraction

b)

providing structural material

c)

enzymes

d)

specific binding

e)

information storage

9.

Which of the following levels of protein structure is often stabilized by S-S bonds?

a)

primary structure

b)

secondary structure

c)

tertiary structure

d)

quaternary structure

e)

both tertiary and quaternary structures

10.

The level of polypeptide folding in which the primary sequence coils around itself, stabilized by regularly spaced hydrogen bonds, is called

a)

primary structure

b)

alpha helix

c)

beta sheet

d)

tertiary structure

e)

quaternary structure

11.

What is the highest level of structure represented below? (Note: in this model, different polypeptide chains are represented by different colors)

a)

primary structure

b)

alpha helix

c)

beta sheet

d)

tertiary structure

e)

quaternary structure

12.

Which of the following reactions forms peptide bonds?

a)

Hydration

b)

Dehydration

c)

Hydrogenation

d)

None of these answers

13.

What does N-terminus refer to?

a)

The first amino acid with the abbreviation 'N' in the protein

b)

The end of a protein with a free carboxylic acid group

c)

A protein chain

d)

The end of a protein with a free amine group

14.

The sugar end of the DNA strand is referred to as the _____ end and the phosphate end is referred to as the _____ end.

a)

3' ; 5'

b)

top ; bottom

c)

hydrogen ; polynucleotide

d)

5' ; 3'