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Macromolecules

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do enzymes speed up chemical reaction?

a)

Increasing activation energy

b)

Decreasing activation energy

c)

Increasing deactivation energy

d)

Decreasing deactivation energy

2.

What is a substance called if it speeds up a chemical reaction?

a)

reusable

b)

catalyst

c)

specific

d)

fragile

3.

Proteins are made of monomers called ___________

a)

Nucleotides

b)

Monosaccharides

c)

Amino Acids

d)

Glycerol and fatty acids

4.

What are the single sugars that are the building blocks of carbohydrates?

a)

monosaccharides

b)

polysaccharides

c)

disaccharides

d)

amino acid

5.

A monosaccharide is a subunit of a:

a)

nucleic acid

b)

lipid

c)

carbohydrate

d)

protein

6.

Which is the monomer (building block) for lipids?

a)

fatty acids & glycerol

b)

nucleotide

c)

amino acids

d)

monosaccharide

7.

Subunit is to Macrocolecule like ___ is to ____

a)

Building is to Bricks.

b)

Brick is to Building.

c)

Carpenter is to Building.

d)

Building is to Carpenter.

8.

What type of bond connects carbons to each other and other elements? (The sharing of electrons)

a)

Ionic Bonding

b)

Covalent Bonding

c)

Monomer Bonding

d)

Nucleotide Bonding

9.

A large molecule made up of multiple monomers

a)

Polymer

b)

Polysaccharide

c)

Macromolecules

d)

Protein

10.

The process used to split polymers; this is done by adding water

a)

Dehydration

b)

Hydrolysis

c)

Enzomatic

d)

Tetratonic

11.

It's function is to store your genetic code, examples are DNA and RNA

a)

Protein

b)

Carbohydrate

c)

Lipid

d)

Nucleic Acid

12.

Saturated fat are saturated with:

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Nitrogen

13.

Why are essential fatty acids called essential fatty acids?

a)

Because they are essential to mental health.

b)

Because they are the opposite of non-essential fatty acids.

c)

Because they are extracted from essential oils.

d)

Because we can't synthesize them ourselves, we need to eat them.

14.

What macromolecule is essential for energy creation?

a)

Nucleic acid

b)

Protein

c)

Lipids

d)

Carbohydrate

15.

Which of the following is not a job of a protein

a)

Act as hormones and enzymes

b)

Build tissues and muscles

c)

Do much of the work in cells and transport materials

d)

store and transmit genetic information

16.

All organic compounds contain the element _____________

a)

Phosphorus

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Sulfur

d)

Carbon

17.

What type of Biological molecules is this?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Protein

c)

Lipid

d)

Nucleic Acid

18.

What type of fat is this?

a)

saturated

b)

unsaturated

19.

Some poisons and drugs will not allow the substrate to bind to the active site of an enzyme. This is an example of __________

a)

cofactors

b)

inhibitors

c)

coenzymes

d)

substrates

20.

These are the substances made by a chemical reaction

a)

reactants

b)

products

21.

When H+ reacts with OH-, it forms what?

a)

acid

b)

base

c)

water

d)

carbon dioxide

22.

These are the substances that are changed during a chemical reaction.

a)

reactants

b)

product

23.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

The digestion of food requires enzymes.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4