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General Biology 1 - Pre-test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four biomolecules?

a)

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.

b)

Water, air, earth, and fire.

c)

Sodium, Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen

d)

Proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and lipids.

2.

Which biomolecule form muscles?

a)

Nucleic Acid

b)

Proteins

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Lipids

3.

If you want a reaction to speed up you need an-------

a)

nerve cell

b)

enzyme

c)

nucleic acid

d)

blood sugar

4.

Which biomolecule are in starches and fibers?

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic acid

5.

Which biomolecule is your main source of quick energy?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Proteins

c)

Lipids

d)

Nucleic Acid

6.

Which biomolecule is made of amino acids?

a)

Nucleic acid

b)

Lipids

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Proteins

7.

The process that builds molecules by removing water to bind them together is -----

a)

Lysis

b)

Hydrolysis

c)

Protein synthesis

d)

Dehydration synthesis

8.

The chemical reaction that breaks down a molecule by adding water is -----

a)

Dehydration

b)

Dehydration synthesis

c)

Hydrolysis

d)

Hydrophobia

9.

Identify the molecule.

a)

Monosaccharides

b)

Disaccharides

c)

Polysaccharides

d)

Unisaccharides

10.

A monomer is -

a)

a building block for polymers

b)

a single atom

c)

a single element

d)

is an inorganic molecule

11.

What does the word organic mean?

a)

has carbon

b)

has nitrogen

c)

has oxygen

d)

has sufur

12.

What are the functions of lipids?

a)

quick source of energy

b)

builds muscles, skin, and enzymes

c)

stores genetic information

d)

stores energy, insulation, and protection

13.

Which foods are high in proteins?

a)

Meats, cheeses, milk, eggs

b)

Breads, pasta, grains

c)

Butter, oil, lard

d)

Apples, Bananas, Grapes

14.

What is the function of a nucleic acid?

a)

Stores genetic information

b)

Stores energy

c)

Stores energy

d)

Builds structures

15.

What suffix (word ending) is used in the names of most carbohydrates?

a)

-ase

b)

-nic

c)

-ose

d)

-yme

16.

This is one job proteins do NOT have in the body

a)

transport things through cell membrane

b)

speed up chemical reactions

c)

structure for tissues and organs

d)

insulation

17.

Which macromolecule stores energy, insulates us, and makes up the cell membrane?

a)

lipids

b)

proteins

c)

carbohydrates

d)

nucleic acids

18.

Building blocks of polymers.

a)

monomer

b)

polypeptide

c)

monosaccharide

d)

glycerol

19.

The four most common elements that make up all living things are carbon, hydrogen -

a)

nitrogen, and iron.

b)

oxygen, and nitrogen.

c)

calcium, and phosphorus.

d)

oxygen, and iron.

20.

What is the name for the mechanism of enzyme activity?

a)

lock and key

b)

jigsaw puzzle

c)

hammer and nail

d)

two hands pattern

21.

What is the purpose of an enzyme?

a)

give permission for the reaction

b)

raise activation energy

c)

speed up reactions

d)

control how many reactions occur

22.

Enzymes are considered to be

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrate

c)

Protein

d)

Nucleic Acid

23.

The human body maintains a temperature of around 98.6 degrees at all times. Enzymes are involved in almost every chemical reaction in the body. Which of the following describes the connection between these two statements?

a)

Enzymes function best at a specific temperature.

b)

The body needs to be warm to prevent hypothermia.

c)

The body is kept relatively warm to prevent too much enzyme action.

d)

There is no connection between the two statements.

24.

The graph below shows how the activity of an enzyme changes over a range of pH values. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this graph?

a)

The optimum pH of the enzyme is 6.6.

b)

The optimum pH of the enzyme is 5.8

c)

The enzyme’s activity continually increases as pH increases from 5.0 to 9.0

d)

The enzyme’s activity is greater around pH of 8.0 than around pH of 5.0.

25.

The diagram below illustrates a biochemical process that occurs in organisms. What is another name for the substance labeled "catalyst"?

a)

Enzyme

b)

Inorganic compound

c)

Hormone

d)

Antibody

26.

The enzyme lactase will break down the sugar lactose into which of the following components?

a)

monosaccharides

b)

nucleic acids

c)

amino acids

d)

phospholipids

27.

Some bacteria live in hot springs. Their cells contain enzymes that function best at temperatures of 70 °C or higher. At the temperature of 50 °C, how will the enzymes in these bacterial cells most likely be affected?

a)

The enzymes will be destroyed by lysosomes

b)

The enzymes will lose their bond structure and fall apart.

c)

The enzymes will require less energy to function than at 70 °C.

d)

The enzymes will not increase the rate of reactions as much as they would at 70 °C.

28.

If there is 10% Adenine in a given DNA molecule, what percent of the DNA will be Thymine?

a)

40%

b)

90%

c)

80%

d)

10%

29.

Which mRNA strand will be made using this strand of DNA?

3' A A C T G C T T A C T G 5'

a)

5' U U G A C G A A U G A C 3'

b)

3' U U G A C G A A U G A C 5'

c)

5' T T G A C G A A T G A C 3'

d)

5' A A C T G C T T A C T G 3'

30.

The rule we have today that tells us how nitrogen bases pair together is called _____________ .

a)

Base Pairing Rule

b)

Charmander's Rule

c)

Chargaff's Rule

d)

Nucleic Acid Rule