Biology Practice Part 1 – Lipids Questions @MEDichondria

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Q1.
(a) The general structure of a fatty acid is RCOOH.

Name the group represented by COOH.

(1)

(b) Figure 1 shows the structure of a fatty acid R group.

Figure 1

Name the type of R group shown in Figure 1.

Explain your answer.

Type of R group

Explanation

(2)

(c) Describe how you would test for the presence of a lipid in a liquid sample of
food.

(2)
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Q2.
(a) Describe how a triglyceride molecule is formed.

(3)

(b) Table 1 shows some properties of four fatty acids.

Table 1

Number of Number of
carbon double
Fatty acid
atoms in the bonds in the
R group R group

Caprylic acid 8 0

Palmitoleic
16 1
acid

Stearic acid 18 0

Linoleic acid 18 2

The figure below shows diagrams of these fatty acids.

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Put a tick ( ✓) in one box that contains correct information about one of
these fatty acids.

Caprylic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid represented by

diagram L.

Linoleic acid is a saturated fatty acid represented by diagram

N.

Palmitoleic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid represented by

diagram K.

Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid represented by diagram

M.
(1)

Q3.

(b) Describe how an ester bond is formed in a phospholipid molecule.

(2)
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Q4.
The diagram represents a triglyceride.

(a) Name the molecules represented in the diagram by:

Box P

Box Q
(2)

(b) Name the type of bond between P and Q in the diagram.

(1)

(c) Describe how you would test a liquid sample for the presence of lipid and
how you would recognise a positive result.

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

Q5.
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(a) Describe how you would test a piece of food for the presence of lipid.

(2)

The figure below shows a phospholipid.

X Y
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(b) The part of the phospholipid labelled A is formed from a particular

molecule. Name this molecule.

(1)

(c) Name the type of bond between A and fatty acid X.

(1)

(d) Which of the fatty acids, X or Y, in the figure above is unsaturated?

Explain your answer.

(1)

Scientists investigated the percentages of different types of lipid in plasma

membranes from different types of cell. The table shows some of their results.

Type of lipid Percentage of lipid in plasma membrane by mass

Cell lining ileum of Red blood cell of The bacterium

mammal mammal Escherichia coli

Cholesterol 17 23 0

Glycolipid 7 3 0

Phospholipid 54 60 70

Others 22 14 30

(e) The scientists expressed their results as Percentage of lipid in plasma

membrane by mass. Explain how they would find these values.

(2)