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Biology November Monthly Assessment

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following does NOT require ATP?

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Activation of the contractile vacuole

c)

Sodium-potassium pump

d)

Receptor-mediated endocytosis

2.

Which of the following is not found embedded in the cell membrane?

a)

Proteins

b)

Phospholipids

c)

Nucleic acids

d)

Cholesterol

3.

Which of the following acts as catalyst?

a)

Starch

b)

Enzyme

c)

ATP

d)

Cholesterol

4.

What is the monomers for nucleic acids?

a)

Peptides

b)

Amino acids

c)

Monomers

d)

Nucleotides

5.

Which enzyme is used by ATP?

a)

ATPase

b)

ATP synthase

c)

ATP polymerase

d)

None of the choices

6.

Which of the following is true of unsaturated fats?

a)

They are more common in animals than in plants.

b)

They have double bonds in their fatty acid chains.

c)

They generally solidify at room temperature.

d)

They contain more hydrogen than do saturated fats having the same number of carbon atoms.

7.

What component of amino acid structure varies among different amino acids?

a)

long carbon-hydrogen tails of the molecule

b)

presence of a central C atom

c)

components of the R group

d)

glycerol molecule that forms the backbone of the amino acid

8.

Phospholipids and triglycerides both ________.

a)

contain serine or some other organic compound

b)

have three fatty acids

c)

have a glycerol backbone

d)

have a phosphate

9.

How do phospholipids interact with water molecules?

a)

The polar heads avoid water; the nonpolar tails attract water (because water is polar and opposites attract).

b)

Phospholipids do not interact with water because water is polar and lipids are nonpolar.

c)

The polar heads interact with water; the nonpolar tails do not.

d)

Phospholipids dissolve in water.

10.

You would like to lose weight. Which of the following should be your preferred food group?

a)

Lactose and glucose

b)

Sucrose and starch

c)

Starch and fructose

d)

Cellulose and fructose

11.

Which of the following is not a polymer?

a)

Glucose

b)

Starch

c)

RNA

d)

DNA

12.

Which polysaccharide is an important component in the structure of many animals and fungi?

a)

Chitin

b)

Cellulose

c)

Amylopectin

d)

Amylose

13.

A molecule with the chemical formula C6H12O6 is probably a ________.

a)

Fatty acid

b)

Polysaccharide

c)

Nucleic acid

d)

Monosaccharide

14.

People who are lactose intolerant cannot extract energy from milk because ________.

a)

they are missing an enzyme

b)

lactose is too big to be digested by the enzymes

c)

milk is fermented to a by-product, which cannot be digested

d)

they are missing the bacteria that can digest lactose

15.

Which of the following could be responsible for atherosclerosis and should be eliminated from diet for health reasons?

a)

Olive oil

b)

Butter

c)

Potato

d)

Egg

16.

What are the four biological molecules?

a)

proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids

b)

earth, water, fire, and air

c)

carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen

d)

monosaccharides, fatty acids, amino acids, and nucleotides

17.

What biological molecule does an enzyme have?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Protein

c)

Nucleic acids

d)

Lipids

18.

What type of inhibitor attaches itself to the active site before the substrate can do so?

a)

Competitive inhibitor

b)

Uncompetitive inhibitor

c)

Noncompetitive inhibitor

d)

Irreversible inhibitor

19.

Which of these is NOT true?

a)

Enzymes can denature (change shape) when the temperature gets too high.

b)

Enzymes can only be used once in a chemical reaction.

c)

Extreme pH can denature enzymes.

d)

Enzymes speed up chemical reactions.

20.

Which type of cell membrane transport is being represented in this picture?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Simple diffusion

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Active transport

21.

What is being represented by number 2 in the picture?

a)

Enzyme

b)

Substrate

c)

Active site

d)

Products

22.

Which of the following terms means the movement of water from high concentration to low concentration?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Simple diffusion

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Active transport

23.

Which type of cell membrane transport is being represented in this picture?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active transport

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

24.

Using the figure, between which parts of the molecule must the bonds be broken to form an ADP molecule?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

When is energy released? Energy is released from ATP when _______________________.

a)

a phosphate group is added

b)

a phosphate group is removed

c)

adenine bonds to ribose

d)

ATP is exposed to sunlight

26.

Which of the following can be compared to a battery in need of recharging?

a)

ATP

b)

ADP

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

27.

What is the function of ATP in living things?

a)

provides energy for cells

b)

provides structure in the nucleus

c)

stores genetic information

d)

none of the choices

28.

What are the parts of the ATP molecule?

a)

adenine, thylakoids, stroma

b)

nitrogenous base, ribose, phosphate group

c)

adenine, deoxyribose, phosphate groups

d)

adenine, ribose, phosphate groups

29.

Which of the following results in the storage of energy in terms of the ATP/ADP cycle? The _________________.

a)

breaking of the bond between the 5-carbon sugar and the 1st phosphate group

b)

addition of a phosphate group

c)

removal of a phosphate group

d)

addition of glucose

30.

30. What type of biological molecule is ATP?

D. Protein

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic acid

d)

Protein