BIOCHEMISTRY REVISION QUESTIONS
AND THEIR CORRECT ANSWERS
carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
What are the four types of organic macromolecules?
biochemical organic macromolecules
What is the official name for carbs, proteins, lipids, and
nucleic acids?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
What are the three elements that make up carbohydrates?
monosaccharide
What is the general term for a carbohydrate?
glucose, galactose, fructose
What are three examples of simple carbohydrates?
hexagon, pentagon, hexagon
What are the shapes of glucose, fructose, and galactose?
C₆H₁₂O₆
What is the formula for carbohydrates?
polymer
What is a complex structure?
monomer
What is the simplest unit of a polymer?
monosaccharides, disaccharides
What types of carbohydrates are bad for you?
polysaccharides
What types of carbohydrates are good for you?
glucose
What is an example of a monosaccharide?
sucrose
, What is an example of a disaccharide?
amylose starch
What is an example of a polysaccharide?
disaccharide
Which carbohydrate contains 2 monomers?
C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁
What is the formula for a disaccharide?
polysaccharide
Which carbohydrate contains 3 or more monomers?
multiple C₆H₁₂O₆ by number of monomers, multiple
H₂O by 1 less than number of monomers, subtract
second number from first
How do you find the formula for a polysaccharide?
grains, fruits, veggies, sugars, blood sugar, cell
membrane
What are 6 examples of carbohydrates?
name tag
What do carbohydrates work as in the cell membrane?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Which elements make up proteins?
H₂O
What is released when two macromolecules bond
together?
amino acid
What is the general term for a protein?
20
How many different types of amino acids are there?
r group
What part of the amino acid structure dictates what type of
amino acid it becomes?
AND THEIR CORRECT ANSWERS
carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
What are the four types of organic macromolecules?
biochemical organic macromolecules
What is the official name for carbs, proteins, lipids, and
nucleic acids?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
What are the three elements that make up carbohydrates?
monosaccharide
What is the general term for a carbohydrate?
glucose, galactose, fructose
What are three examples of simple carbohydrates?
hexagon, pentagon, hexagon
What are the shapes of glucose, fructose, and galactose?
C₆H₁₂O₆
What is the formula for carbohydrates?
polymer
What is a complex structure?
monomer
What is the simplest unit of a polymer?
monosaccharides, disaccharides
What types of carbohydrates are bad for you?
polysaccharides
What types of carbohydrates are good for you?
glucose
What is an example of a monosaccharide?
sucrose
, What is an example of a disaccharide?
amylose starch
What is an example of a polysaccharide?
disaccharide
Which carbohydrate contains 2 monomers?
C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁
What is the formula for a disaccharide?
polysaccharide
Which carbohydrate contains 3 or more monomers?
multiple C₆H₁₂O₆ by number of monomers, multiple
H₂O by 1 less than number of monomers, subtract
second number from first
How do you find the formula for a polysaccharide?
grains, fruits, veggies, sugars, blood sugar, cell
membrane
What are 6 examples of carbohydrates?
name tag
What do carbohydrates work as in the cell membrane?
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Which elements make up proteins?
H₂O
What is released when two macromolecules bond
together?
amino acid
What is the general term for a protein?
20
How many different types of amino acids are there?
r group
What part of the amino acid structure dictates what type of
amino acid it becomes?
