Cell Biology and Biochemistry 2024 Exam Latest Version 100% Correct And Detailed Answers And Questions.

Monomer - correct answer building blocks of polymers Polymer - correct answer Many monomers combined What are the two main categories of carbohydrates? - correct answer Simple sugars and complex sugars What are the two main categories of simple sugars ? - correct answer Monosaccharides and Disaccharides What is the monomer of carbohydrates? - correct answer glucose What are some examples of simple sugars? - correct answer glucose, fructose, galactose What are some examples of disaccharides for carbohydrates? - correct answer Maltose, lactose What is it called when going from monosaccharide to disaccharide? - correct answer Dehydration synthesis What is it called when going from disaccharide to monosaccharide? - correct answer Hydrolysis What are the categories of complex sugars ? - correct answer Polysaccharides What are the 2 main categories of polysaccharides? - correct answer Starch/glycogen and cellulose Where are starches always made ? - correct answer In plants Where is glycogen made? - correct answer In animals What are some examples of food starches are found in ? - correct answer Bread, flour, rice, potato's Where is cellulose found? - correct answer In the cell walls of plants What is the purpose carbohydrates? - correct answer To be converted into energy? What are polymers of carbohydrates? - correct answer Starch/glycogen, cellulose, chitin What is the chemical reaction that makes a polymer called? - correct answer Dehydration synthesis What are the three main categories of lipids? - correct answer Fats&oils , phospholipids, steroids What is the difference between fats and oils ? - correct answer Oils produced by plants and fats are produced by animals What is the monomer for lipids? - correct answer fatty acids .. accept for steroids What are the 2 categories under fatty acids - correct answer Saturated and unsaturated What are fatty acids made of? - correct answer Long chains of carbon with carboxylic acid groups What is healthier unsatured fats or saturated why? - correct answer Unsaturated, doesn't stack up in blood stream because chains don't stack up bc double bonds What are the main functions of Fats & Oils? - correct answer Long term every storage, insulation, protective cushion around organs What are the main components of fats and lipids? - correct answer Fatty acid and glycerol What is glycerol made of? - correct answer 3 carbon chains w alcohol functional groups What is the back bone of triglycerides? - correct answer Glycerol What are fats & oils often referred to as? - correct answer Triglycerides What are triglycerides made up of ? - correct answer 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol What are trans fats? - correct answer Hydrogenated fats, meaning hydrogen is added What are phospholipids? - correct answer The main component of cell membrane Are phospholipids hydrophobic or hydrophilic? - correct answer Both What are phospholipids