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BIOCHEMISTRY:
The Molecular Basis of Life
6TH EDITION
By McKee
TEST BANK
,Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life 6th Edition Test Bank by Trudy McKee,
James R. McKee
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Biochemistry: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Living Cells
Chapter 3. Water: The Matrix of Life
Chapter 4. Energy
Chapter 5. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Chapter 6. Enzymes
Chapter 7. Carbohydrates
Chapter 8. Carbohydrate Metabolism
Chapter 9. Aerobic Metabolism I: The Citric Acid Cycle
Chapter 10. Aerobic Metabolism II: Electron Transport and Oxidative
Phosphorylation
Chapter 11. Lipids and Membranes
Chapter 12. Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 13. Photosynthesis
Chapter 14. Nitrogen Metabolism I: Synthesis
Chapter 15. Nitrogen Metabolism II: Degradation
Chapter 16. Integration of Metabolism
Chapter 17. Nucleic Acids
Chapter 18. Genetic Information
Chapter 19. Protein Synthesis
, CHAPTER ONE
BIOCHEMISTRY: AN INTRODUCTION
1) The ultimate source of energy for life on earth is .
A) The sun
B) Geothermal heat
C) Carbohydrates
D) Fats
E) Other organisms
Ans A
2) Which of the following is not a common component of biomolecules?
A) Carbon
B) Hydrogen
C) Oxygen
D) Nitrogen
E) Chlorine
Ans E
3) Which of the following is the basic structural unit of living organisms?
A) Nucleus
B) Cell membrane
C) Tissue
D) Cell
E) Cytoskeleton
Ans D
4) Which of the following is not an organelle?
A) Mitochondria
B) Chloroplast
C) Nucleus
D) Plasma membrane
E) Golgi complex
Ans D
5) Which of the following is not a role played by carbohydrates in living cells?
A) Energy source
B) Structural support
C) Intercellular communication
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, D) Both A and B are correct
E) All are roles played by carbohydrates in living cells
Ans E
6) Metabolism is best defined as the .
A) Reactions of living cells
B) Reactions that synthesize large molecules in living cells
C) Reactions that degrade molecules in living cells
D) Conversion of food molecules to energy
E) Reactions that synthesize and degrade molecules in living cells
Ans E
7) The average life span of a species is about years
A) One million
B) Ten million
C) Five hundred thousand
D) Five million
E) One hundred thousand
Ans A
8) Which of the following is not a waste product of living organisms
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Water
C) Urea
D) Ammonia
E) Glycine
Ans E
9) Biochemistry is defined as
A) The study of life processes
B) The study of the molecular basis of life
C) The study of living organisms
D) The study of organic compounds in living organisms
E) The study of living compounds
Ans B
10) One of the principal methods that organisms use to obtain energy from chemical bonds is by
.
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BIOCHEMISTRY:
The Molecular Basis of Life
6TH EDITION
By McKee
TEST BANK
,Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life 6th Edition Test Bank by Trudy McKee,
James R. McKee
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Biochemistry: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Living Cells
Chapter 3. Water: The Matrix of Life
Chapter 4. Energy
Chapter 5. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Chapter 6. Enzymes
Chapter 7. Carbohydrates
Chapter 8. Carbohydrate Metabolism
Chapter 9. Aerobic Metabolism I: The Citric Acid Cycle
Chapter 10. Aerobic Metabolism II: Electron Transport and Oxidative
Phosphorylation
Chapter 11. Lipids and Membranes
Chapter 12. Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 13. Photosynthesis
Chapter 14. Nitrogen Metabolism I: Synthesis
Chapter 15. Nitrogen Metabolism II: Degradation
Chapter 16. Integration of Metabolism
Chapter 17. Nucleic Acids
Chapter 18. Genetic Information
Chapter 19. Protein Synthesis
, CHAPTER ONE
BIOCHEMISTRY: AN INTRODUCTION
1) The ultimate source of energy for life on earth is .
A) The sun
B) Geothermal heat
C) Carbohydrates
D) Fats
E) Other organisms
Ans A
2) Which of the following is not a common component of biomolecules?
A) Carbon
B) Hydrogen
C) Oxygen
D) Nitrogen
E) Chlorine
Ans E
3) Which of the following is the basic structural unit of living organisms?
A) Nucleus
B) Cell membrane
C) Tissue
D) Cell
E) Cytoskeleton
Ans D
4) Which of the following is not an organelle?
A) Mitochondria
B) Chloroplast
C) Nucleus
D) Plasma membrane
E) Golgi complex
Ans D
5) Which of the following is not a role played by carbohydrates in living cells?
A) Energy source
B) Structural support
C) Intercellular communication
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, D) Both A and B are correct
E) All are roles played by carbohydrates in living cells
Ans E
6) Metabolism is best defined as the .
A) Reactions of living cells
B) Reactions that synthesize large molecules in living cells
C) Reactions that degrade molecules in living cells
D) Conversion of food molecules to energy
E) Reactions that synthesize and degrade molecules in living cells
Ans E
7) The average life span of a species is about years
A) One million
B) Ten million
C) Five hundred thousand
D) Five million
E) One hundred thousand
Ans A
8) Which of the following is not a waste product of living organisms
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Water
C) Urea
D) Ammonia
E) Glycine
Ans E
9) Biochemistry is defined as
A) The study of life processes
B) The study of the molecular basis of life
C) The study of living organisms
D) The study of organic compounds in living organisms
E) The study of living compounds
Ans B
10) One of the principal methods that organisms use to obtain energy from chemical bonds is by
.
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