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Macromolecules

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are building blocks of proteins?

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Monosaccharides

c)

Nucleotides

d)

Fatty Acids

2.

How does RNA and DNA differ?

a)

type of sugar they contain

b)

how many strands they contain

c)

by the bases they contain

d)

all of these

3.

How many amino acids are found in proteins?

a)

4

b)

20

c)

64

d)

16

4.

What is the generalized structure of a Carbohydrate?

a)

(CH2O)n

b)

(CH4)n

c)

(C3H7O)n

d)

(CCN)n 

5.

A dehydration reaction is the process in which water molecules are attracted to each other

a)

True

b)

False

6.

How many valence electrons does Oxygen have?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

6

d)

7

7.

The building blocks of nucleic acids are called

a)

Fatty Acids

b)

Nucleotides

c)

Polysaccharides

d)

DNA

8.

Which of the following are nitrogenous bases of the purine type?

a)

Adenine and Thymine

b)

Cytosine and Guanine

c)

Guanine and Adenine

d)

Uracil and Cytosine

9.

Carbohydrates containing more than 10 monosaccharide units are called

a)

Monomers

b)

Polysaccharides

c)

Disaccharides

d)

Tensaccharides

10.

Cholesterol is a type of

a)

Lipid

b)

Protein

c)

Carboydrate

d)

Nucleic Acid

11.

Which catagory includes all the others?

a)

phospholipid

b)

steroid

c)

cholesterol

d)

lipid

12.

Which functional group is most likely to behave as a base?

a)

Carboxyl

b)

Amino

c)

Hydroxyl

d)

Phosphate

13.

Saturated Fats form liquids

a)

True

b)

False

14.

RNA has a double helix shape

a)

False

b)

True

15.

The process of breaking a Polymer is called Hydrolysis

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The monomers of biological macromolecules are combined by which type of bond?

a)

Ionic

b)

London dispersion

c)

Covalent

d)

Hydrogen

17.

Which of the following is not found in a Nucleotide?

a)

Phosphate group

b)

5-Carbon Sugar

c)

Amine group

d)

Nitrogenous base

18.

What is the function of nucleic acids?

a)

Stores genetic material

b)

Physical structure

c)

Stores energy

d)

Movement

19.

All organic compounds contain the element

a)

Phosphorus

b)

Sulfur

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Carbon

20.

Amino Acids are linked by

a)

Basic Bonds

b)

Ionic Bonds

c)

Peptide Bonds

d)

Hydrogen Bonds

21.

Which macromolecule is this?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

22.

Which macromolecule is this?

a)

Lipid

b)

Carbohydrate

c)

Protein

d)

Nucleic Acid

23.

Which macromolecule is this?

a)

Nucleic Acid

b)

Lipid

c)

Carbohydrate

d)

Protein

24.

Which macromolecule is this?

a)

Lipid

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Carbohydrate

d)

Protein

25.

A carbon atom is most likely to form what kind of bond(s) with other atoms?

a)

Covalent

b)

Ionic

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Nonpolar