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Pre Vet 2 Biochemistry class

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many acetyl CoA's can you get from a 19C Fatty acid?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

2.

What amino acid is the precursor for Dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine?

a)

Phenylalanine

b)

Tyrosine

c)

Tryptophan

d)

Glutamate

3.

Which of these molecules id primarily used for energy production in humans?

a)

Fatty acids

b)

Amino acids

c)

Glucose

d)

Nucleotides

4.

Persons with diabetes would have an overproduction of which of the molecules?

a)

Acetoacetate

b)

Fatty acids

c)

Amino acids

d)

Acetyl CoA

5.

This describes species that excrete ammonia as urea

(a)  

6.

This is a ketone body that is used by the brain during starvation conditions

a)

Acetyl CoA

b)

Alpha ketoglutarate

c)

Acetone

d)

Acetoacetate

7.

This molecule serves as a collecting point for amine groups during Amino acid oxidation

a)

Glutamine

b)

Alpha ketoglutarate

c)

Fumarate

d)

Ammonia

8.

Amino acids that oxidized to this molecule will go on to produce glucose

a)

acetyl coA

b)

oxaloacetate

c)

glutamate

d)

ketones

9.

Fatty acids are broken down to molecules that enter what process?

a)

Gluconeogensis

b)

Glycolysis

c)

Kreb's cycle

d)

Urea cycle

10.

Which of these molecules is NOT produced directly from amino acids?

a)

Heme

b)

Creatine

c)

GABA

d)

Glucose

11.

Histidine is an amino acid that comes from what biosynthetic family?

a)

Pyruvate

b)

Ribose-5-phosphate

c)

Oxaloacetate

d)

Alpha ketoglutarate

12.

Histidine is made from a biosynthetic family that comes from which of these processes?

a)

The urea cycle

b)

The Kreb's cycle

c)

The Pentose Phosphate Pathway

d)

Glycolysis

13.

A genetic disorder causing a defect in an enzyme, caused a buildup up this molecule, leading to mental retardation

a)

Glucose

b)

Ketones

c)

Ammonia

d)

Phenylalanine

14.

A buildup of this molecule caused by an inability to be able to properly excrete it, causes early death

a)

Glucose

b)

Ketone bodies

c)

Ammonia

d)

Phenylalanine

15.

This condition leads to coma and/or death in diabetics

a)

acidosis

b)

PKU

c)

beta oxidation

d)

glucogenesis

16.

This is NOT a ketone body

a)

Acetone

b)

Acetoacetate

c)

Alpha ketobutyrate

d)

Acetyl CoA

17.

This is a toxic compound that is exhaled

a)

urea

b)

ammonia

c)

acetone

d)

Phenylalanine

18.

A person who is on a strict low carb diet may have an excess of which of these molecules in their blood?

a)

glucose

b)

ketones

c)

amino acids

d)

fatty acids

19.

State a carbon chain number(in numerals) that can pass easily through the mitochondrial membrane

(a)  

20.

This component of a triglyceride goes on to form triose phosphates in glycolysis

a)

fatty acids

b)

acetyl CoA

c)

Alpha keto acid

d)

glycerol

21.

Which is NOT a function of a peroxisome?

a)

gluconeogenesis

b)

fatty acid metabolism

c)

bioluminescence

d)

hydrogen peroxide metabolism

22.

This glucogenic amino acid is degraded/oxidized to fumarate

a)

serine

b)

Pyruvate

c)

tyrosine

d)

glycine

23.

This amino acid is a precursor for a molecule that is responsible for an allergic reaction response

a)

Phenylalaine

b)

histidine

c)

Serine

d)

Tyrosine

24.

In which of these common situations would the body PRIMARILY use fat stores to obtain energy?

a)

When you are under starvation conditions

b)

When you are on a keto diet

c)

When you haven't had a meal in a few hours/skipped a meal

d)

When you are diabetic

25.

Amino acids that are degraded/oxidized to acetyl CoA are called what type of amino acids?

(a)