created byBrandon Dunson Fall 2010 for future students of Dr Orr’s Bio1406

Macromolecules Quiz

  1. Match the monomers with polymers and their associated linkage.

To what category do the extra terms belong?

PolysaccharideMonosaccharidePeptide bond

PolypeptideAmino acidGlycosidiclinkage

PhospholipidsSucrosePolynucleotide

Ester linkageNucleotidePhosphodiester linkage

  1. A fat molecule withone double carbon bond is?

a)Saturated b) Unsaturated

  1. Match the level of protein structure with the description

Primarytwo or more polypeptide chains form one macromolecule

Elementaryinteractions between R groups

Tertiaryamino acids in a specific order held together with peptide bonds

Quaternarythe party bone is connected to the remedial math bone

Secondaryhydrogen bonds forming alpha helix or beta pleatedsheets

  1. A backbone consisting of N-C-C-N-C-C uses what type of bond?

a)Ionic

b)Peptide

c)Gold

d)James

e)Hydrogen

f)Glycosidic

  1. ______are amphiphilic compounds that are found in large quantities in the membrane and are separated by______.

a)Catalysts-glycogens

b)Phospholipids-cholesterols

c)Substrates-active sites

d)Inhibitors-hydrogens

  1. One of these is not a storage carbohydrate…

a)Starch b) Glycogenc) Amylopectin d)Amylose e)Cellulose

  1. The functional groups -NH2 and –COOH are parts of every

a)Carboxylb) amino acidc) disaccharided)nucleic acid

  1. The synthesis from monomer to polymer requires…

a)Hydrolysisb) dehydration reaction c)proton pumpsd)two words I don’t use

  1. Enzymes are usually ______that are ______and increase the number of______in a reaction.

a)Proteins-organic-products

b)Substrate-inhibitors-reactants

c)Inhibitors-active site-products

d)Polysaccharides-polar covalent-reactants

  1. Human digestion cannot break down which type of Carbohydrate?

a)Glucoseb) Sucrosec) Fructosed)Cellulose e)Glycogen

  1. A catalyst is

a)a substance mainly made up of lipids and the occasional starch

b)a trace element in a compound toxic to plants

c)unchanged by the chemical reactionwhose rate it increases

d)irreversible when it binds to the active site of protein

  1. Chitin is a ______used to make surgical thread and is a ______that uses ______.

a)Protein-monomer-ATP

b)Lipid-polymer-ester linkages

c)Carbohydrate-polymer-peptide bonds

d)Carbohydrate-polymer-glycosidic bonds

  1. Mix-n-Match

CarbohydrateEnergy Storage

LipidStores Inherited Info.

ProteinPrimary Fuel

Nucleic AcidMovement, Protection from Disease

  1. A ______protects and helps fold a protein. The protein is released in _____form and if pH, temperature and salt concentration are not at optimal level it can become______.

a)Gap junction-tertiary-catalytic

b)Vacuole-secondary-irreversible

c)Chaperonin-tertiary-denatured

d)Glycolipid-solvent-inorganic

  1. Ribosomes are responsible for…

a)Fuel storage

b)Breakdown of chloroplast

c)Protein synthesis

d)The stiff outer layer in plant cells

  1. The ‘m’ in mRNA stands for

a)Messengerb) Membrane c) Maind) Medicare

  1. One difference betweenAldoses and Ketoses is…

a)The location of the nucleus

b)The location of the carbonyl group

c)The location of the carboxyl group

d)The location of the hard drive

  1. Macromolecules are composed of ______covalently connected atoms.

a)7b) 128c) 219d) Thousands

  1. ______tendency to lie at the interface between non-polar and aqueous polar environments makes them important components of cell membranes.

a)An integral proteins

b)Phospholipids

c)Oxygen

d)David Hasselhoff’s

Created byBrandon Dunson Fall