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Biological Macromolecules part 3 Concept review

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15 questions

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A short review assignment looking at the 4 main macromolecules

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Question 1

1.

What kind of sugars are these?

Glucose
Galactose
Fructose

Monosaccharides
Polyamories

Question 2

2.

Which categories of amino acid would you expect to find on the surface of a soluble protein, and which
would you expect to find in the interior?
Hint: ask the teacher or read the book for this one

Polar and + charged
nonpolar
Polar and - charged
Polar uncharged

Exterior/surface
Interior

Question 4

4.

What distribution of amino acids would you expect to find in a protein
embedded in a lipid bilayer?
Hint: ask the teacher or read the book for this one

Polar and + charged
nonpolar
Polar and - charged
Polar uncharged

Within the Lipid bylayr
at the sruface/outside the lipid bylaery
Both

Question 7

7.

Dehydration synthesis leads to formation of

a. monomers

b. polymers

c. water and polymers

d. none of the above

Question 8

8.

An example of a monosaccharide is ________.

a. fructose

 
b. glucose

c. galactose

 
d. all of the above

Question 9

9.

Plant cell walls contain which of the following in
abundance?

a. starch

b. cellulose

 
c. glycogen

d. lactose

Question 10

10.

Saturated fats have all of the following characteristics
except:

a. they are solid at room temperature

b. they have single bonds within the carbon chain

c. they are usually obtained from animal sources

d. they tend to dissolve in water easily

Question 11

11.

The monomers that make up proteins are called
________.

a. nucleotides

b. disaccharides

c. amino acids

d. chaperones

Question 12

12.

A nucleotide of DNA may contain ________.

a. ribose, uracil, and a phosphate group

b. deoxyribose, uracil, and a phosphate group

c. deoxyribose, thymine, and a phosphate group

d. ribose, thymine, and a phosphate group

Question 13

13.

Explain what happens if even one amino acid is
substituted for another in a polypeptide chain. Provide a
specific example.