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BIO - Biomolecules

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which two bio molecules have only Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen?
a)
Carbs/Nucleic Acids
b)
Lipids/Carbs
c)
Proteins/Nucleic Acids
d)
Carbs/Proteins
2.
What is the primary function of carbohydrates in your body?
a)
Speed up chemical reactions.
b)
Give immediate energy.
c)
Help to store energy.
d)
Build cell walls in plants.
3.
A type of biological molecule that includes fats, oils, hormones, waxes, and components of cellular membranes ...
a)
lipids
b)
proteins
c)
carbohydrates
d)
nucleic acids
4.
Which polymer group is used as STORED energy?
a)
carbohydrate
b)
lipid
c)
protein
d)
amino acid
5.

What’s the relationship between polymer and monomer?

a)

Monomers make up polymers

b)

Monomers are it

c)

Polymers make up monomers

d)

Monomers help polymers.

6.

What’s a polymer?

a)

Small molecules that make up a monomer

b)

Large molecule made up of many monomers.

c)

Molecules that get bigger

7.

What elements does a carbohydrate have? And what is its structure?

a)

Only has carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The monomers are a ring structure

b)

Has oxygen carbon and very few close to non nitrogens

c)

Has nitrogen, sugars, glucose and lots of other things that its needs.

d)

Has carbon, hydrogen, phosphate and oxygen in a twisted shape

8.
Carbon chains are principal features of both carbohydrates and lipids.  What is the primary difference between these two types of macromolecules?
a)
Lipids always have longer carbon chains than carbohydrates.
b)
Carbohydrates cannot form rings like lipids can.
c)
Lipids provide energy, but carbohydrates cannot.
d)
Carbohydrates form ring structures, lipids form long chains
9.

What is the function of a nucleic acid?

a)

Regulate chemical reactions

b)

Short term energy

c)

Long term energy

d)

Store and transmit heredity information

10.

Each of the following is a function of proteins EXCEPT

a)

Short term energy

b)

Regulate chemical reactions

c)

Works with immune system

d)

Helps move materials across cell membranes

11.

What the monomer (building block) of a protein?

a)

Monosaccharride

b)

Glycerol and fatty acids

c)

Nucleotide

d)

Amino Acids

12.

Which of the following is the monomer (building block) of a nucleic acid?

a)

Monosaccharide

b)

Nucleotide

c)

Glycerol and fatty acids

d)

Amino Acids

13.

Enzymes and hormones are examples of

a)

Protein

b)

Carbohydrate

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Lipid

14.

What is the monomer for a carbohydrate?

a)

Monosaccharide

b)

Triglyceride

c)

Amino Acid

d)

Nucleotide

15.

3. Which biomolecules act as energy storage for the cell and also cushions and insulates organs?

a)

Carbohyrdates

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic Acids

16.
Which biomolecule contains Deoxyribonucleic acid; a sequence of bases that makes hereditary code; Ribonucleic acid; ­translate hereditary code into proteins that determine how the cell will function under various conditions; provides storage and retrieval of information­; encode genes, gene expression, helps make proteins 
a)
Nucleic Acid
b)
Lipid
c)
Carbohydrate
d)
Protein
17.

________ are small individual molecules that when linked together form a _______

a)

polymers

monomer

b)

carbohydrates

lipid

c)

proteins

nucleic acid

d)

monomers

polymer

18.

Which type of biomolecule makes up cell membranes?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

lipids

c)

proteins

d)

nucleic acids

19.

Enzymes are special _______ that speed up chemical reactions.

a)

carbohydrates

b)

lipids

c)

proteins

d)

nucleic acids

20.

Many single-celled organisms rely primarily on sugars and starches as their source of energy. Which class of biomolecules provides the energy for these cells?

a)

Nucleic Acids

b)

Proteins

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Lipids