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Hydrogeneration is a chemical process that

Turns liquid oil to solid fats

Fats are major constituents of

Cell membranes

Typical fat molecules have ______ chains

3

A single atom of carbon may form up to ____ covalent bonds with other atoms

4

Although carbon dioxide contains carbon, it is not considered an "organic" compound because

The carbon atom is not bonded to at least one hydrogen atom

A hydrolysis reaction results in

Bond breakage of a macromolecule

An OH- group is an _____ group.

Hydroxyl

What kind of reaction produces large molecules by linking small molecules?

Condensation

The figure illustrates a _____ reaction that produces two ____ & a _____.

Condensation; H2O molecules; polymer

Glycogen is a polysaccharide used for energy storage by

Animals

Monosaccharides may be characterized by all EXCEPT which of the following?

The presence of glycerol & fatty acids

Fructose & glucose are

Monosaccharides & six-carbon sugars

Glucose & sugars in DNA & RNA

Are monosaccharides

Sucrose is composed of

A molecule of fructose & a molecule of glucose

Triglycerides are

Neutral fats

Cellulose is

Polysaccharides found in cell walls of plants

Which of the following doss NOT describe some aspect of polysaccharides?

Contain only carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen atoms

Which of the following is NOT true of polysaccharides?

Are formed by clevage reactions

Which of the following does jot belong?

Polysaccharides

Which molecule is incorrectly matched with its monomer?

Starch; ribose

In the figure, the honeycomb is made up primarily of which of the following

Lipids

The dotted areas in the figure indicate where ____ reactions will occur to produce ____ & _____.

Condensation; covalent bonds; H2O molecules

Steroids

Are described by all of these

Cholesterol

Is all of these

_____ are long-chain fatty acids attached to long-chain alcohols

Waxes

Polyunsaturated fats

Have fewer hydrogen atoms than do saturated fats

Lipids

Are none of these

All steroids have

Four rings of carbon to which other atoms are attached

The sequence of amino acids is the _____ structure of proteins.

Primary

Amino acids are linked by what kind of bonds to form the primary structure of a protein?

Peptide

The interaction of several polypeptide chains in a hemoglobin molecule is its _______ structure

Quaternary

The figure illustrates one possible _____ structure of _______.

Secondary; proteins

The association of four peptide chains in hemoglobin is an example of ____ protein structure.

Quaternary

Denaturation of proteins my result in all of the following EXCEPT

removal of R groups from amino acids

When a hen's egg is cooked for breakfast, which of the following statements does NOT apply?

Cooling reverses the denaturation that occurred

Which of the following is NOT found in every nucleotide?

Ribose

The figure illustrates an

Adenine nucleotide

Nucleotides contains what kind of sugars?

Five-carbon

The nucleotides most closely associated with energy metabolism is

ATP

The figure below is composed primarily of which of the following

Phospholipids

Monosaccharides have a carbon to hydrogen to oxygen ratio of

1:2:1

What kind of bond exists between two amino acids in a protein?

Peptide

Which of the following represents a pair of same-sized nitrogen bases?

A & G

The backbone of DNA is composed of

Phosphate, sugar

Which of the following is found in RNA but not in DNA?

Uracil (U)