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Unit 1 Insta-Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydroxyl

c)

Nitrogenous Base 

d)

Phosphate 

2.

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

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydroxyl

c)

Nitrogenous Base 

d)

Phosphate 

3.

What is the direction of DNA synthesis?

a)

3' to 5’

b)

5' to 3’

c)

It's anti-parallel so either direction is correct

4.

What does antiparallel mean in terms of the nucleic acids?

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5.

What type of bond is between nitrogenous bases?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Van der Waals

6.

Why would a strand with more G/C bonding be more stable than A/T bonding?

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7.

Where are new bonds formed in a growing polypeptide?

a)

Amine group

b)

Carboxyl group

c)

Hydrogen

d)

R-group

8.

What is the bond between amino acids called?

a)

Ester linkage

b)

Glycosidic linkage

c)

Peptide bond

d)

Phosphodiester linkage

9.

Describe the orientation of the amino acids that form the peptide bond

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10.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

11.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

12.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

13.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

14.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

15.

What happens if a protein loses its three-dimensional structure? 

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16.

What pairs with adenine in DNA?

a)

Cytosine

b)

Guanine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

17.

Why does adenine pair with thymine?

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18.

What is at the 5’ end of the DNA?

a)

Hydroxyl

b)

Nitrogenous Base

c)

Phosphate

d)

Sugar

19.

What is at the 3’ end of the DNA?

a)

Hydroxyl

b)

Nitrogenous Base

c)

Phosphate

d)

Sugar

20.

How many hydrogen bonds are between C & G?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

21.

How many hydrogen bonds are between A & T?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

What is the type of bond in the secondary structure of proteins?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Peptide

23.

The tertiary structure involves interactions of the

a)

Amino group

b)

Carboxyl group

c)

Hydrogen

d)

R group

24.

What is the type of bond found in the primary structure of proteins?

a)

Covalent

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ionic

d)

Peptide

25.

Which describes the orientation for the new peptide bond?

First functional group is on the pre-peptide bond structure and the second functional group is on the post-peptide bond structure.

a)

Amino to Amino

b)

Amino to Carboxyl

c)

Carboxyl to Amino

d)

Carboxyl to Carboxyl

26.

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

27.

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

a)

3’ end

b)

5’ end