INTRO TO BIOLOGY Chapters 1 & 2 Practice TEST
Use paper and pencil to answer the ?'s. 
You can check your answers at the end.

1. Name the subunit used to make polysaccharides.

 

2. 
Name this molecule

3. Tell what the molecule above does in living things.

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4. Give the symbol for a sodium ion.

 


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5. Name this reaction

hydrolysis        dehydration synthesis

 

6. RNA & DNA are both __________________|
  
   lipids        carbohydrates       nucleic acids          proteins

 

7. Name this molecule and tell what it does in cells.

8. Enyzmes are _______________.

    lipids      carbohydrates       nucleic acids        proteins

 

9.Tell one way DNA is different from RNA

10.Which polysaccharide is the storage form of glucose in animal cells ?

 


11. Name C in this enzyme catalyzed reaction.

12. Name a factor that could cause the shape of  B (above) to change.

13. Name the vocab word that tells what these cells are doing

 

14.  This green fish is a _____________

           autotroph      heterotroph


15. Name this molecule.

16. Which part of this molecule is hydrophobic?

      tails           head

 

 

17. Which monomer would you use to build a protein? A

B

C

18. Maintaining a constant internal environment is called _______________.


19. Name the nitrogen base in RNA but NOT DNA.

20. Proteins that help chemical reactions happen faster are called ___________.

 

21. Polar molecules are ________________

        hydrophilic      hydrophobic

 

22. The place where the substrate binds an enzyme in an enzyme reaction = ______________________

 

23. __________________ is a  type of chemical reaction in which a molecule is broken apart by the addition of the H and OH from a water molecule.

24. Which molecules you learned about could you build with this subunit?

 

 


25.  Which protein in red blood cells carries oxygen to body cells?


26. DNA and RNA are __________________

   lipids    proteins    nucleic acids    carbohydrates 


27. All the chemical reactions that build up and break down molecules in cells is called _________________

28. Tell the symbol for a HYDROGEN ION.

29. Atoms with an electric charge are called _________

30. Name the protein hormone that tells animal cells to store glucose as glycogen.

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ANSWERS:
1. glucose
2. ATP
3. stores energy in cells
4. Na+
5. dehydration synthesis
6. RNA and DNA are nucleic acids
7. glycoprotein; identify "self"
8. proteins
9.

DNA RNA
double stranded single stranded
nitrogen bases used are A,T,G,C nitrogen bases used are
A,U,G,C
stores genetic info carries info from DNA to cell;
helps in protein synthesis
No Uracil No Thymine
deoxyribose sugar ribose sugar

10. glycogen
11. substrate
12. extreme pH or temperature can denature enzymes
13. differentiation
14. heterotroph
15. phospholipid
16. Tails are hydrophobic.
17. B is an amino acid used to make proteins
18. homeostasis
19. uracil
20.enzymes
21. polar molecules are hydrophilic
22. active site
23. hydrolysis
24. nucleic acids
25. hemoglobin
26. nucleic acids
27. metabolism
28. H+ (Don't forget the + ... its an ion!)
29. ions
30. insulin