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BIOD 101 MODULE 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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Matter .....Answer.....anything that takes up space, by having a
volume, and has mass. Can exist in a solid, liquid, gaseous
(vapor), or plasma state
Compound .....Answer.....A substance made up of atoms of two or
more different elements joined by chemical bonds
Ions .....Answer.....atoms (or molecules) with a net electrical
charge that can be negative or positive based on the gain or
loss of electrons
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Cation .....Answer.....A positively charged ion
Anion .....Answer.....A negatively charged ion
Essential elements .....Answer.....required for human life
Trace elements .....Answer.....are required only in small quantities
elements .....Answer.....any substance that cannot be broken down
into simpler substances
Molecules .....Answer.....two or more atoms joined together
ionic bond .....Answer.....the attraction between oppositely
charged ions
covalent bond .....Answer.....A chemical bond formed when two
atoms share electrons to complete
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hydrogen bond .....Answer.....weak attraction between a
hydrogen atom and another atom
Biomacromolecules .....Answer.....carbohydrates, lipids, proteins,
nucleic acids
Carbohydrates .....Answer.....CHO, energy metabolism
Lipids .....Answer.....CHO, energy, structural, regulatory, insoluble
in water and are not monomers, non-polar
DNA and RNA .....Answer.....CHONP, regulation, heredity,
protein synthesis
Protein .....Answer.....CHON, regulation, structure, transport,
protection, act as hormones
Monosaccharides .....Answer.....Single sugar molecules (glucose,
fructose)
BIOD 101 MODULE 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION> Portage Learning
Matter .....Answer.....anything that takes up space, by having a
volume, and has mass. Can exist in a solid, liquid, gaseous
(vapor), or plasma state
Compound .....Answer.....A substance made up of atoms of two or
more different elements joined by chemical bonds
Ions .....Answer.....atoms (or molecules) with a net electrical
charge that can be negative or positive based on the gain or
loss of electrons
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Cation .....Answer.....A positively charged ion
Anion .....Answer.....A negatively charged ion
Essential elements .....Answer.....required for human life
Trace elements .....Answer.....are required only in small quantities
elements .....Answer.....any substance that cannot be broken down
into simpler substances
Molecules .....Answer.....two or more atoms joined together
ionic bond .....Answer.....the attraction between oppositely
charged ions
covalent bond .....Answer.....A chemical bond formed when two
atoms share electrons to complete
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hydrogen bond .....Answer.....weak attraction between a
hydrogen atom and another atom
Biomacromolecules .....Answer.....carbohydrates, lipids, proteins,
nucleic acids
Carbohydrates .....Answer.....CHO, energy metabolism
Lipids .....Answer.....CHO, energy, structural, regulatory, insoluble
in water and are not monomers, non-polar
DNA and RNA .....Answer.....CHONP, regulation, heredity,
protein synthesis
Protein .....Answer.....CHON, regulation, structure, transport,
protection, act as hormones
Monosaccharides .....Answer.....Single sugar molecules (glucose,
fructose)
