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Interim 1 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Proteins are organic molecules. What atoms do proteins have?

a)

Carbon, Phosphorus, and Uranium

b)

Only Carbon

c)

Only Helium

d)

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen

2.

What atoms do nucleic acids have?

a)

C, H and S

b)

C, H and N

c)

C, H, O, N, and P

d)

C only

3.

What atoms do all biomolecules share?

a)

Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen

b)

Carbon, Proteins, and Oxygen

c)

Sulfur, Nitrogen and Phosphorus

4.

Structure is the shape, size and material of something. Structure determines-

a)

Function

b)

Temperature

c)

pH

5.

Which of the following is not a function of carbohydrates?

a)

Quick energy

b)

Makes up cell walls of plants (cellulose)

c)

Makes up cell walls of fungi (chitin)

d)

Stores genetic information

6.

Which of the following is not a function of a lipid?

a)

Provides insulation for organisms

b)

A major component of cell membranes

c)

Provides long term energy storage

d)

Speeds up chemical reactions

7.

Which of the following is not a function of proteins?

a)

Provides quick energy

b)

A building block for several structures in organisms

c)

Enzymes are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions

d)

Are components of cell membranes

8.

Nucleic acids store-

a)

genetic information

b)

energy

9.

Which of the following does not correctly match the biomolecule with its monomer (building block)?

a)

Protein: is made up of amino acids

b)

Nucleic acid: is made up of amino acids

c)

Nucleic acid: is made up of nucleotides

d)

Carbohydrate: is made up of monosaccharides

10.

What is structure 1 and 4?

a)

The enzyme

b)

The product

c)

The substrate

d)

The active site

11.

What is structure 2?

a)

The substrate

b)

The product

c)

The enzyme

d)

The enzyme-substrate complex

12.

What is structure 5?

a)

The products

b)

The enzyme

c)

The active site

d)

The substrates

13.

How do enzymes speed up reactions?

a)

The decrease the activation energy

b)

The change the products made in the reaction

c)

They do not affect the rate or speed of a reaction

d)

They increase the activation energy

14.

What is the activation energy?

a)

The energy needed to start a reaction

b)

The energy needed to start doing your work in class

c)

The speed or rate of a reaction

15.

Which of the following is an enzyme?

a)

Amylase

b)

Fructose

c)

Peptidoglycan

d)

Glycine

16.

Where will this substrate bind?

a)

At the active site

b)

On the inhibitor

c)

On the product

d)

Not on the enzyme

17.

Imagine you are a locksmith. How would you explain the relationship between the structure of a key (enzyme) and its function?

a)

The key (enzyme) releases the energy in the lock (substrate).

b)

The key (enzyme) reacts with the lock (substrate).

c)

The unique cut of the key (enzyme's active site) allows it to fit with only one specific lock (substrate molecule).

d)

The key (enzyme) interacts with the lock (substrate) like a welder building a steel skyscraper.

18.

Most human enzymes operate under an optimal pH near neutral. Which pH range would best represent this environment?

a)

4–6

b)

6–8

c)

8–10

d)

10–12

19.

Amylase is a biocatalyst that hydrolyzes starch into simple sugar molecules in the pancreas. Which best describes amylase?

a)

lipid

b)

protein

c)

fatty acid

d)

carbohydrate

20.

Which statement BEST explains why enzymes bind to specific substrates?

a)

An enzyme can be inhibited so its active site is altered.

b)

An enzyme folds differently in the presence of different substrates.

c)

Different amino acid sequences cause variations in the shapes of an enzyme’s active sites.

d)

Enzyme-substrate binding is based on size so only large enzymes can bind to large substrates.

21.
What makes an enzyme substrate specific?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Name
d)
Location it is found in
22.
Enzymes need certain environmental conditions in order to function properly.  What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?
a)
they die
b)
they denature (change shape)
c)
they change their amino acid sequence
d)
they work better
23.

Which structures are found prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

a)

cell membrane and cytoplasm

b)

chloroplasts and mitochondria

c)

a cell wall and nucleus

d)

chloroplasts and cell wall

24.
All cells need energy to function.  Which cell organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell?
a)
chloroplasts
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuoles
25.
In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
26.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
27.
You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosome
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
28.
What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?
a)
ER
b)
ATP
c)
YOLO
d)
DNA
29.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
30.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
31.
Which of the following is NOT a cell theory.
a)
All non-living things are made of cells
b)
All cells come from pre-existing cells
c)
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of all living things
32.
No nucleus
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Prokaryote
c)
Both
33.
Bacteria
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Prokaryote
c)
Both
34.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
35.

What type of cell has a nucleus?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

c)

neither

d)

both

36.

Where are the ribosomes attached in a cell?

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Rough ER

37.

Storage space for water, wastes, food, and other cellular material

a)

mitochondria

b)

cell membrane

c)

cell wall

d)

vacuoles

38.

Stores food, water and waste

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuoles

c)

cell wall

d)

cytoplasm

39.

Surrounds the cell membrane in plant cells

a)

chloroplasts

b)

cell membrane

c)

Endoplasmic reticulum

d)

cell wall

40.

Makes protein for the cell

a)

vauoles

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

gametes

41.
What are the nucleotides made of?
a)
Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
b)
Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
c)
Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
d)
Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
42.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
43.

In eukaryotes, which organelle is DNA usually found in?

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

44.
The building block of nucleic acids are nucleotides.  Nucleotides are composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a _________________ base.
a)
oxygen
b)
hydrogen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon
45.
The sugar in DNA is ?
a)
sucrose
b)
glucose
c)
deoxyribose
d)
fructose
46.
Which of the following monomers are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
fatty acids
d)
polysaccharides
47.
What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
a)
the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
b)
the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
c)
the color of the nitrogen bases
d)
the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
48.
The drawing shows the structure of what molecule?
a)
A DNA molecule
b)
A lipid molecule
c)
A carbohydrate molecule
d)
A protein molecule
49.
X outlines a(n) ___________.
a)
amino acid
b)
nitrogen base 
c)
nucleotide
d)
nitrogen base pair
50.
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
a)
sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
b)
sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
c)
sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
d)
sugar, phosphate, protein