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Macromolecules

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the building blocks of carbohydrates

a)

amino acids

b)

nucleotides

c)

lipids

d)

sugars

2.

What are the building blocks of proteins?

a)

amino acids

b)

lipids

c)

sugars

d)

nucleotides

3.

What are the building blocks of nucleic acids?

a)

amino acid

b)

nucelotide

c)

sugar

d)

lipid

4.

What is made from glycerol and fatty acids?

a)

amino acid

b)

sugar

c)

lipid

d)

nucelotide

5.

An example of a carbohydrate

a)

meat

b)

potato

c)

DNA

d)

wax

6.

What is the function of carbohydrates?

a)

Store information

b)

Quick energy

c)

Store energy

d)

Enzymes

7.

What is one (of many) function of proteins?

a)

enzymes

b)

quick energy

c)

store energy

d)

store information

8.

What are TWO examples of nucleic acids?

a)

Sugar

b)

DNA

c)

Carbs

d)

mRNA

e)

Protein

9.

What is the function of nucleic acids?

a)

quick energy

b)

store energy

c)

store information

d)

movement

10.

Which one is NOT an example of a lipid

a)

Fat

b)

Oil

c)

Wax

d)

Muscle

11.

What is a function of lipids?

a)

Store information

b)

Store energy

c)

Quick release energy

d)

Enzymes

12.

These proteins build or break molecules

a)

Lipids

b)

Enzymes

c)

Muscles

d)

Antibodies

13.

This word is another word that means enzyme

a)

Lipid

b)

Sugar

c)

Catalyst

d)

Food

14.

Enzymes lower the __________. This means reactions happen faster

a)

Denature

b)

Activation Energy

c)

Temperature

d)

pH

15.

Denaturing is when an enzyme loses it's shape and stops working. Which one does NOT effect and enzyme?

a)

Temperature

b)

pH

c)

Salinity

d)

Amount of enzyme or substrate

e)

Time of day