Correct!
Hormones are used
LIPID NOTES
1. Which of the following is an
exception to the general rule that
unsaturated fats come from plants
and saturated fats come from
animals?
o Wax coatings on a leaf
Correct! Wax comes from the
plant but is a saturated fat.
Remember that wax is solid
at room temperature, a key
characteristic of saturated
fats.
2. A steroid hormone has undergone a
mutation that makes it polar
instead of nonpolar. How might this
interfere with its function?
o The polar hormone won’t be
able to pass through the cell
membrane to reach its
target.
Correct! A steroid hormone
needs to be able to pass
through the cell membrane
easily.
3. Like soap, which of the following
molecules is also amphophilic –
having both a hydrophilic and
hydrophobic end?
o Phospholipids
Correct! Phospholipids have
a hydrophilic head and
hydrophobic tails.
4. Lipids serve a number of functions
in living organisms. Which of the
following does NOT match a lipid
with its function.
o Steroid hormones – energy
storage
for communication, not
energy.
5. Which of the following statements
best explains the reason trans fats
have negative health effects?
o Trans fats stay in the
bloodstream longer than
other lipids.
Correct! Because trans fats
are a recent addition to
human diets, we don’t
absorb and metabolize them
very quickly.
6. Soap was invented during the
Industrial Revolution of the 1800s.
o false
Correct! Archaeologists have
discovered evidence that
soap has been used since
ancient times.
7. Unsaturated lipids are generally
liquid at room temperature
because their hydrocarbons are
_____________ packed because of
their ____________ bonds.
o loosely; double
Correct! The double bonds
give unsaturated lipids
“kinks” which prevent close
packing.
8. Which of the following is the best
explanation for why soaps can
dissolve oily substances?
o The hydrocarbon tails of
soap are nonpolar so, they
are soluble in oil.
Correct! The nonpolar
portion of the soap molecule
can dissolve other nonpolar
substances like fats, oils, and
 other lipids. Remember the
saying, “like attracts like.”
9. Oil and water don't mix because
water has polar bonds while oils
have nonpolar bonds.
o true

Correct! A water molecule

has partial charges, positive
on one side and negative on
the other, making it polar.
Lipids like oil do not have
partial charges, making
them nonpolar. Polar and
nonpolar substances don’t
mix.
10. Some functions of lipids include
water-proofing, temperature
regulation, and long-term energy
storage. Which of the following is
NOT a common type of lipids?
o Sugars

Correct! Sugars are not

lipids. They belong to
another category of
biological molecule,
carbohydrates.