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Hydrogeneration is a chemical process that |
Turns liquid oil to solid fats |
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Fats are major constituents of |
Cell membranes |
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Typical fat molecules have ______ chains |
3 |
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A single atom of carbon may form up to ____ covalent bonds with other atoms |
4 |
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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 |
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A hydrolysis reaction results in |
Bond breakage of a macromolecule |
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An OH- group is an _____ group. |
Hydroxyl |
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What kind of reaction produces large molecules by linking small molecules? |
Condensation |
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The figure illustrates a _____ reaction that produces two ____ & a _____. |
Condensation; H2O molecules; polymer |
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Glycogen is a polysaccharide used for energy storage by |
Animals |
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Monosaccharides may be characterized by all EXCEPT which of the following? |
The presence of glycerol & fatty acids |
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Fructose & glucose are |
Monosaccharides & six-carbon sugars |
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Glucose & sugars in DNA & RNA |
Are monosaccharides |
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Sucrose is composed of |
A molecule of fructose & a molecule of glucose |
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Triglycerides are |
Neutral fats |
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Cellulose is |
Polysaccharides found in cell walls of plants |
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Which of the following doss NOT describe some aspect of polysaccharides? |
Contain only carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen atoms |
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Which of the following is NOT true of polysaccharides? |
Are formed by clevage reactions |
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Which of the following does jot belong? |
Polysaccharides |
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Which molecule is incorrectly matched with its monomer? |
Starch; ribose |
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In the figure, the honeycomb is made up primarily of which of the following |
Lipids |
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The dotted areas in the figure indicate where ____ reactions will occur to produce ____ & _____. |
Condensation; covalent bonds; H2O molecules |
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Steroids |
Are described by all of these |
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Cholesterol |
Is all of these |
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_____ are long-chain fatty acids attached to long-chain alcohols |
Waxes |
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Polyunsaturated fats |
Have fewer hydrogen atoms than do saturated fats |
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Lipids |
Are none of these |
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All steroids have |
Four rings of carbon to which other atoms are attached |
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The sequence of amino acids is the _____ structure of proteins. |
Primary |
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Amino acids are linked by what kind of bonds to form the primary structure of a protein? |
Peptide |
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The interaction of several polypeptide chains in a hemoglobin molecule is its _______ structure |
Quaternary |
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The figure illustrates one possible _____ structure of _______. |
Secondary; proteins |
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The association of four peptide chains in hemoglobin is an example of ____ protein structure. |
Quaternary |
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Denaturation of proteins my result in all of the following EXCEPT |
removal of R groups from amino acids |
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When a hen's egg is cooked for breakfast, which of the following statements does NOT apply? |
Cooling reverses the denaturation that occurred |
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Which of the following is NOT found in every nucleotide? |
Ribose |
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The figure illustrates an |
Adenine nucleotide |
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Nucleotides contains what kind of sugars? |
Five-carbon |
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The nucleotides most closely associated with energy metabolism is |
ATP |
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The figure below is composed primarily of which of the following |
Phospholipids |
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Monosaccharides have a carbon to hydrogen to oxygen ratio of |
1:2:1 |
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What kind of bond exists between two amino acids in a protein? |
Peptide |
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Which of the following represents a pair of same-sized nitrogen bases? |
A & G |
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The backbone of DNA is composed of |
Phosphate, sugar |
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Which of the following is found in RNA but not in DNA? |
Uracil (U) |