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Organic Compounds

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four organic compounds found in living things?

a)

Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins

b)

Proteins, Glucose, Cellulose, Starch

c)

Carbohydrates, Oils, Starch, Fats

d)

Nucleic Acid, DNA, RNA, Proteins

2.

What organic compound does this represent?

a)

Lipid

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Carbohydrate

d)

Protein

3.

What is the monomer for a lipid?

a)

simple sugars

b)

glycerol/fatty acids

c)

nucleotides

d)

amino acids

4.

What is the monomer for nucleic acids?

a)

simple sugars

b)

amino acids

c)

glycerol/fatty acids

d)

nucleotides

5.

What is the monomer for a carbohydrate?

a)

amino acids

b)

simple sugars

c)

nucleotides

d)

glycerol/fatty acids

6.

What is the monomer for a protein?

a)

amino acids

b)

simple sugars

c)

nucleotides

d)

glycerol/fatty acids

7.

Where are you most likely to find glucose?

a)

plant cell wall

b)

starch

c)

animal muscle cell

d)

fat

8.

When large compounds are built by small compounds joining together, this is called _________________.

a)

bond

b)

monomer

c)

compound

d)

polymerization

9.

Where is cellulose most likely to be found?

a)

Sugar

b)

Plant Cell Walls

c)

Fat

d)

Amino

10.

What is it called when a pair of carbon atoms are joined together with a double bond, but can still use or join with an available hydrogen?

a)

Saturated

b)

Unsaturated

c)

Polyunsaturated

11.

Which organic compound stores and transmits genetic information?

a)

Proteins

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Lipids

12.

This organic compound is also known as fats and insulation that are stored for energy

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Proteins

13.

What are the four nitrogenous bases of DNA?

a)

thymine, carbon sugar, phosphate, lipid

b)

adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine

c)

nucleotide, adenine, cytosine, carbon sugar

d)

carbohydrate, fats, amino acids, guanine

14.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Lipid

c)

Protein

d)

Amino Acid

15.

When a carbon atom has a maximum number of hydrogen bonds; joined by a single bond

a)

unsaturated

b)

saturated

c)

polyunsaturated