General Biology I

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Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. What makes carbohydrates significant than other existing biomolecules?

a. It allows the body to provide c. It supplies large amount of
heat. energy in the body.
b. It makes the body rich in sugar. d. It controls the flow of oxygen in
the body.
2. What is the subunit of DNA?
a. Lipids c. Amino acids
b. Nucleotides d. Saccharides
3. Which type of lipids is considered to be healthy in the body?
a. Unsaturated fatty acids c. Saturated fatty acids
b. Fatty acids d. Hormones
4. What is the ratio of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in carbohydrates?
a. 1:2:1 c. 2:4:1
b. 2:1:2 d. 4:3:1
5. Monosaccharides: glucose; Disaccharides:_____________
a. Lactose c. Galactose
b. Fructose d. Glucose
6. How would you if the solution has the presence of carbohydrates?
a. When the solution turns into c. When the solution forms micelle
green during the test in the uppermost layer.
b. If the solution becomes blue d. If the solution turns into red
when exposed to the indicator. during the test.
7. Ana wants to know if the food she eats has the presence of proteins, what test should be
perform to validate?
a. Biuret test c. Dische test
b. Spot test d. Benedict’s test
8. They are known to be the chemical messenger of the body.
a. Terpenes c. Prostaglandins
b. Steroids d. Triglycerides
9. In what form does glucose is stored in plants?
a. Glucose c. Starch
b. Chitin d. Amylose
10. A type of hydrocarbon containing single bond carbon chains.
a. Alkyne c. Alkyne
b. Alkyls d. Alkene
11. When a monomer will be added by additional number of monomers, what will be
produce?
a. Synthetic materials c. Compounds
b. Polymers d. Nucleotides
12. What is the term used to describe the same compounds but with different structures?
a. Monomer c. Hydrocarbons
b. Polymer d. Saccharides
13. Monosaccharides: glucose; Polysaccharides: _____
a. Lactose c. Fructose
b. Glycogen d. Maltose
14. What is the correct pairing of the nitrogenous bases below:
a. Adenine: thymine; guanine: c. Thymine; cytosine; guanine:
uracil adenine
b. Uracil: adenine; thymine: d. Cytosine: thymine; guanine:
cytosine cytosine
15. A class of protein which is for defense.
a. Hormones c. Enzyme
b. Membrane d. Muscles
16. Andrea wants to determine if the result of Benedict’s test is positive. Which of the
following will help her identify the result?
a. Green color is large amount. c. Brick red means large amount.
b. Orange-red is trace amount. d. Pink is neutral.
17. What is the other term for dische test?
a. Diphenylamine c. Methelamine
b. Ethalamine d. Aminine
18. Spot test: Lipids; Biuret test:
a. Carbohydrates c. Nucleic acids
b. Lipids d. Proteins
19. What hormone is used to control blood glucose?
a. Melatonin c. Insulin
b. Melanin d. Hypothalamus
20. What do you call the molecules composed of the same elements but with different
structures?
a. Isotopes c. Molecular structure
b. Compounds d. Isomers
Test II. Enumeration:

What are the four macromolecules that composed our body? (1-4)

List down the three monosaccharides that give rise to disaccharides. (5-7)

List down at least three examples of polysaccharides. (8-10)