Bio Chem Lecture 1: Foundations of
Biochemistry QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Living matter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Biochemistry is the Chemistry of __________
Albert Lehninger - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What individual discovered that:
1)The Citric Acid Cycle occurs in the mitochondria
2)The mechanism of oxidative phosphorylation
3)Mitochondrial structure and function
4)Bioenergetics
Biomolecules - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Living organisms arise from thousands of
different __________
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are the two main cells we
will be learning about this semester?
Complexity, organization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life has a high degree of _________
and __________
Macromolecules - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Highly ordered polymers which assemble to
form complex structures in the cell
Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Extraction, transformation, and systematic use of
_______ allows structures to have the ability to do work
, Entropy(disorder) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life prevents the overall movement of the
universe from moving towards _________
Low entropy state - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When a living organism extracts energy
from the environment, will it have a temporary high entropy state or low entropy state?
Dynamic and coordinated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Interactions of individual
components are ________ and ________, with defined functions
Self replication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life has a capacity for fairly precise ________
while allowing enough change for evolution
Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Living organisms are made of _______
They are single celled - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Describe the cells of the simplest living
organisms
Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cell size is limited by _______, as its ability for
nutrients to move into and out of the cell is based on the cell's surface area to volume ratio
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True of false: Not all cells are the same, but they share
similar properties
Cell membrane, ribosomes, DNA, RNA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are considered
invariant features of a cell?(components of cells that don't change amongst different kinds of
cells) (4)
Mitochondria, chloroplast, and nuclear membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are
considered variant features of a cell?(components of cells that change amongst different kinds of
cells) (3)
Biochemistry QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Living matter - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Biochemistry is the Chemistry of __________
Albert Lehninger - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What individual discovered that:
1)The Citric Acid Cycle occurs in the mitochondria
2)The mechanism of oxidative phosphorylation
3)Mitochondrial structure and function
4)Bioenergetics
Biomolecules - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Living organisms arise from thousands of
different __________
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are the two main cells we
will be learning about this semester?
Complexity, organization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life has a high degree of _________
and __________
Macromolecules - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Highly ordered polymers which assemble to
form complex structures in the cell
Energy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Extraction, transformation, and systematic use of
_______ allows structures to have the ability to do work
, Entropy(disorder) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life prevents the overall movement of the
universe from moving towards _________
Low entropy state - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When a living organism extracts energy
from the environment, will it have a temporary high entropy state or low entropy state?
Dynamic and coordinated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Interactions of individual
components are ________ and ________, with defined functions
Self replication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Life has a capacity for fairly precise ________
while allowing enough change for evolution
Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Living organisms are made of _______
They are single celled - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Describe the cells of the simplest living
organisms
Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cell size is limited by _______, as its ability for
nutrients to move into and out of the cell is based on the cell's surface area to volume ratio
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True of false: Not all cells are the same, but they share
similar properties
Cell membrane, ribosomes, DNA, RNA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are considered
invariant features of a cell?(components of cells that don't change amongst different kinds of
cells) (4)
Mitochondria, chloroplast, and nuclear membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅What are
considered variant features of a cell?(components of cells that change amongst different kinds of
cells) (3)
