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Unit 1 AP Biology

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of bond is found WITHIN water molecules?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Van der Waals

2.

Water property responsible for water movement up the stem of a plant

a)

Adhesion and Cohesion

b)

Less dense as a solid

c)

Specific Heat

d)

Surface Tension

3.

Water process is responsible for evaporative cooling

a)

Adhesion and Cohesion

b)

Less dense as a solid

c)

Specific Heat

d)

Surface Tension

4.

Water property responsible for lake life surviving winter

a)

Adhesion and Cohesion

b)

Less dense as a solid

c)

Specific Heat

d)

Surface Tension

5.

What type of bond is found BETWEEN water molecules?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Van der Waals

6.

What property of water is responsible for skipping rocks on a pond?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

c)

Evaporative Cooling

d)

Less Dense as a Solid

7.

What property of water is used by an organism during sweating?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

c)

Evaporative Cooling

d)

Less Dense as a Solid

8.

Where are hydrogen bonds in proteins?

a)

Between amino acids in the primary structure

b)

Between the backbone in the secondary structure

c)

Between the R groups in the tertiary structure

d)

Between polypeptides in the quaternary structure

9.

Where are hydrogen bonds in nucleic acids?

a)

Between carbons in the sugar ring

b)

Between nitrogenous bases

c)

Between nucleotides

d)

Between phosphates

10.

A macromolecule is found to have the elements C, H, O, N, & S - Identify.

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

11.

A macromolecule is found to have the elements C, H, O, N, & P - Identify.

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

12.

What type of bond does carbon make with other atoms?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Van der Waals

13.

Which of the following macromolecules include nitrogen?

a)

Carbohydrates and Lipids

b)

Lipids and Nucleic Acids

c)

Nucleic Acids and Proteins

d)

Proteins and Carbohydrates

14.

Which of the following macromolecules has phosphate?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

15.

Which of the following macromolecules has sulfur?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

16.

Which macromolecule has a ratio of 1:2:1 of C:H:O?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Protein

17.

Phospholipids are a type of lipid that include...

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Phosphorus

c)

Sulfur

18.

What elements are found in all lipids?

a)

CHO

b)

CHON

c)

CHOS

d)

CHOP

19.

The process of breaking bonds by splitting water.

a)

Dehydration

b)

Hydrolysis

20.

What is formed by the hydrolysis of proteins?

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Glycerol and Fatty Acids

c)

Monosaccharides

d)

Nucleotides

21.

Process of forming bonds by removing water molecules

a)

Dehydration

b)

Hydrolysis

22.

Dehydration with nucleotides forms what?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Protein

d)

Triglyceride

23.

Dehydration with glycerol and fatty acids forms what?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

Protein

d)

Triglyceride

24.

Reaction to synthesize polymers from monomers

a)

Dehydration

b)

Hydrolysis

25.

Type of bond broken when amino acids are released

a)

Ester Bond

b)

Peptide Bond

c)

Phosphodiester Linkage

26.

If an R group is polar, how does the section fold? Why?

a)

Folds in, because it's hydrophilic

b)

Folds out, because it's hydrophilic

c)

Folds in, because it's hydrophobic

d)

Folds out, because it's hydrophobic

27.

What level of protein structure does R group interaction affect?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

28.

What is the function of cellulose?

a)

Storage carbohydrate for animals

b)

Storage carbohydrate for plants

c)

Structural carbohydrate for animals

d)

Structural carbohydrate for plants

29.

Which type of fatty acid contains double bonds to inhibit compression?

a)

Saturated

b)

Unsaturated

30.

Which of the following is the monomer of carbohydrates?

a)

Amino Acid

b)

Fatty Acid

c)

Monosaccharide

d)

Nucleotide

31.

Which of the following is the monomer of proteins?

a)

Amino Acid

b)

Fatty Acid

c)

Monosaccharide

d)

Nucleotide

32.

Which of the following is the monomer of nucleic acids?

a)

Amino Acid

b)

Fatty Acid

c)

Monosaccharide

d)

Nucleotide

33.

DNA and RNA differ in their sugar and a nitrogenous base. DNA has...

a)

Deoxyribose; Thymine

b)

Deoxyribose; Uracil

c)

Ribose; Thymine

d)

Ribose; Uracil

34.

Hydrophilic side chains will fold _____ of the polypeptide

a)

Towards the exterior

b)

Towards the interior

c)

No affect on folding

35.

Which side chain of amino acids would fold inward?

a)

Charged

b)

Hydrophilic

c)

Hydrophobic

36.

Which describes the polarity of phospholipids?

a)

Polar head facing exterior; fatty acid tails facing interior

b)

Polar head facing interior; fatty acid tails facing exterior

c)

Both polar head and fatty acid tails are hydrophobic

d)

Both polar head and fatty acid tails are hydrophilic

37.

What is at the 5' end of a nucleic acid?

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydroxyl

c)

Nitrogenous Base

d)

Phosphate

38.

What is at the 3' end of a nucleic acid?

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydroxyl

c)

Nitrogenous Base

d)

Phosphate

39.

What is the direction of DNA synthesis?

a)

3' to 5'

b)

5' to 3'

c)

It's antiparallel so either direction is correct

40.

What level of protein structure is described as hydrogen bonds between backbone?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

41.

What level of protein structure is described as peptide bonds between amino acids?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

42.

What level of structure is described as bonding between two polypeptide chains?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

43.

What level of protein structure is described as alpha helix/beta-pleated sheet?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

44.

Which level of protein structure is described as bonding between R-groups or the final three-dimensional shape?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

45.

What pair with adenine in DNA?

a)

Cytosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

46.

How many hydrogen bonds exist between C & G?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

47.

How many hydrogen bonds exist between A & T?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

48.

How does the structure of fat differ from the structure of a phospholipid?

a)

Fat has an extra fatty acid

b)

Fat has a phosphate group instead of a fatty acid

c)

Phospholipid has an extra fatty acid

d)

Phospholipids have a phosphate instead of a fatty acid

49.

When new nucleotides are added, which side does it add to?

a)

3' end

b)

5' end

50.

Traditionally, how are the strands different?

a)

DNA = single; RNA = double

b)

DNA = single; RNA = triple

c)

DNA = double; RNA = single

d)

DNA = triple; RNA = single

51.

Which nitrogenous base is not found in DNA?

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

52.

Which nitrogenous base is not found in RNA?

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

53.

What is the directionality of a DNA strand?

a)

DNA is 3' to 5' and antiparallel

b)

DNA is 5' to 3' and antiparallel

c)

DNA is 3' to 5' and parallel

d)

DNA is 5' to 3' and parallel