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Amino Acids

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain 2 functional groups & a side chain specific to each amino acid. What are those 2 functional groups ?

a)

Amine & Ketone group

b)

Ketone & Aldehyde group

c)

Amine & Carboxylic group

d)

Carboxylic & Amide group

2.

What are the key elements of an amino acid ? (do not consider the side chain)

a)

Si, N, O, H

b)

N, C, S, H

c)

C, N, P, He

d)

C, N, O, H

3.

Amino acids are classified based on their chemical properties of ?

a)

Amine group

b)

Carboxylic group

c)

Side chain

d)

Benzine group

4.

Pick the correct "Non-polar" amino acid

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Pick the correct "Polar" amino acid

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What is an amino acid , which contains a "Base" side chain ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

What is an amino acid , which contains a "Acidic" side chain ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What is an amino acid , which contains a "Neutral" side chain ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

What is the amino acid which contains smallest side chain ?

a)

Alanine (A) - Ala

b)

Serine (S) - Ser

c)

Glycine (G) - Gly

d)

Tyrosine (Y) - Tyr

10.

What is the amino acid which contains 2 carboxylic groups ?

a)

Alanine (A) - Ala

b)

Serine (S) - Ser

c)

Aspartate (D) - Asp

d)

Tyrosine (Y) - Tyr

11.

Select the amino acid group which contains "Aromatic" side chain

a)

Methionine & Pheylalanine

b)

Tryptophan & Glutamate

c)

Pheylalanine & Tryptophan

d)

Lysine & Hisidine

12.

What is the common naming for the "side chain" ?

a)

- A

b)

- S

c)

- R

d)

- K

13.

Which group doesn't contain an amino acid ?

a)

Methionine, Tryptophane & Lysine

b)

Glycine, Formalin & Proline

c)

Glutamine, Hisidine & Serine

d)

Threonine, Cysteine & Valine

14.

Which group does contain only an amino acid ?

a)

Benzene, Phenylalanine & Lysine

b)

Glycine, Formalin & Proline

c)

Proline, Hisidine & Serine

d)

Hydroxy Benzene, Cysteine & Valine