WorksheetsCarbohydrates & Nucleic Acids
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Which of the following is a function of carbohydrates?
Used for storage of energy
May be broken down during cellular respiration
Provide structure in some organisms
Catalyze reactions in the cell
TRUE OR FALSE:
A disaccharide is formed when an ionic bond known as a glycosidic linkage forms between two saccharide monomers.
True
False
Beta glucose monomers are more stable than alpha glucose monomers because the alternating hydroxyl (OH) groups are able to form __________ with each other.
Covalent Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Van der Waals Interactions
Glycogen is a carbohydrate polymer used for storage in...
plants.
animals.
TRUE OR FALSE:
Animals cannot break down cellulose because we only have the enzyme to hydrolyze alpha glucose, and cellulose is composed of beta glucose monomers.
Ture
False
Which of the following is NOT a component of a nucleotide?
Pentose Sugar
Phosphate Group
Sulfhydryl Group
Nitrogen Base
Which is NOT a nitrogen base found in RNA?
Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Uracil
Which is NOT a difference between DNA and RNA?
RNA contains ribose sugar while DNA has deoxyribose.
RNA contains Uracil and DNA does not.
RNA is double stranded while DNA is single stranded.
All are differences between DNA and RNA.
DNA has this charge due to the Phosphate groups in its backbone.
Positive
Negative
Neutral
It depends on the environment.
Nitrogen base pairs in complementary strands of DNA are held together by...
Ionic Bonds
Polar Covalent Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
