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Nucleic Acid Worksheet

This multiple choice test evaluates knowledge of key biological molecules and their structures. It assesses understanding of carbohydrates like monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. It also tests knowledge of lipids, nucleic acids, proteins, and their monomers. Students must identify examples, components, and bonds between biological molecules.

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Nucleic Acid Worksheet

This multiple choice test evaluates knowledge of key biological molecules and their structures. It assesses understanding of carbohydrates like monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. It also tests knowledge of lipids, nucleic acids, proteins, and their monomers. Students must identify examples, components, and bonds between biological molecules.

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Test I Multiple Choice

__ 1. Hydrolysis could be correctly described as the


a) heating of a compound to drive off its excess water and concentrate its volume
b) breaking of a long-chain compound into its subunits by adding water molecules to its
structure between the subunits
c) linking of two or more molecules by the removal of one or more water molecule
d) constant removal of hydrogen atoms from the surface of a carbohydrate
e) none of the above
__ 2. The formation of large molecules from small repeating units is accomplished by a(n) ______
reaction.
a) oxidation c) dehydration e) decarboxylation
b) reduction d) hydrolysis
__ 3. A dehydration reaction typically produces:
a) monomers b) salts c) sugars d) polymers e) amino acids
__ 4. A macromolecule is composed of smaller units called:
a) polymers b) cells c) isomers d) monomers e) isotopes
__ 5. Which of the following is not a macromolecule?
a) protein b) starch c) nucleotide d) lipid e) DNA
__ 6. A(n) ____________ is a basic unit of a carbohydrate.
a) monosaccharide c) nucleotide e) amino acids
b) starch d) glycerol
__ 7. Which of the following includes all the others?
a) sucrose b) glucose c) cellulose d) glycogen e) carbohydrate
__ 8. Which of the following is not a monosaccharide?
a) glucose b) fructose c) deoxyribose d) starch e) ribose
__ 9. ORGANIC COMPOUNDS that are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1
ratio are called:
a) proteins b) nucleotides c) sugars d) fatty acids e) nucleic acids
__ 10. STARCH and CELLULOSE are ALIKE in that both are:
a) composed of covalently bonded glucose molecules
b) found only in animal cells
c) contain sugars bonded together in identical ways
d) contain non-polar, fatty acid side chains
e) made up of sugars that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
__ 11. A CARBOHYDRATE (polysaccharide) that makes PLANT CELLS and tissues
STRUCTURALLY RIGID is:
a) sucrose b) glycogen c) starch d) cellulose e) nucleotides
__ 12. A carbohydrate (polysaccharide) that is formed by plants and used later by the plant as a
reserve food supply and made up of only glucose molecules covalently bonded together is:
a) cellulose b) starch c) glycogen d) triglycerides e) sucrose
__ 13. In a lipid bilayer ___________ tails point inward and form a region that excludes water.
a) acidic b) basic c) hydrophilic d) hydrophobic e) none of these
__ 14. What is the main function of Lipids?
a) serve as food reserves in many organisms
b) include cartilage and chitin
c) include fats that are broken down into one fatty acid molecule and three glycerol
molecules
d) are composed of monosaccharides
e) none of the above
__ 15. What type of LIPIDS are found in ALL biological MEMBRANES?
a) triglycerides b) waxes c) phospholipids d) diglycerides e) cholesterol
__ 16. Unlike the saturated fatty acids, UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS: are found mostly in animal
fats and oils
a) contain hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
b) are often covalently bonded to sugars
c) lack of carboxyl group
d) contain double covalent bonds between carbons in their hydrocarbon chain.
__ 17. Amino acids are the building blocks for
a) proteins b) steroids c) lipids d) nucleic acids e) carbohydrates
__ 18. The sequence of amino acids is the ___________ structure of proteins.
a) primary b) secondary c) tertiary d) quaternary e) stereo
__ 19. Of the following functional groups, which one is known as the AMINO GROUP?
a) -SH b) -COOH c) -NH2 d) -OH e) -CHO
__ 20. Nucleotides are the building blocks for
a) proteins b) steroids c) lipids d) RNA e) carbohydrates
__ 21. Nucleotides are composed of a(an): A. AMINO ACID, B. NITROGEN-CONTAINING BASE,
C. FATTY ACID, D. 5-CARBON SUGAR, E. PHOSPHATE MOLECULE.
a) B, D, C b) A, D, E c) C, D, E d) B, D, E e) A, B, C.
__ 22. Nucleotides contain ___________ sugars.
a) three-carbon b) four-carbon c) five-carbon d) six-carbon e) seven-carbon
__ 23. DNA and RNA are examples of which FAMILY of BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES?
a) proteins;
carbohydrates
b) lipids
c) amino acids
d) nucleic acids
Choices for numbers 25-33
a. Monosaccharides b. Disaccharides c. Polysaccharides
25. Glucose 26. Sucrose 27. Starch
(blood sugar) (table sugar) (Corn starch)
28. Fructose 29. Lactose 30. Glycogen
(honey) (milk sugar) (liver)
31. Galactose 32. Maltose 33. Cellulose
(malt sugar)

Test II
Briefly discuss the following:
1. What are nucleic acids? Why are they important?
2. What are the two types of nucleic acids, and what are their main differences?
3. DNA and RNA occur as polymers. What is their monomer called? What are the
three components of this monomer and draw the general structure.
4. In one sentence based on visual clues, describe the difference between a
pyrimidine and a purine.
5. What kind of bond links a base to a sugar?
6. What is the name of the kind of bond that links a sugar to a phosphate group?
7. In proteins, a peptide read from the ____ terminal to the ___ terminal.
8. Hydrogen bonds can be disrupted by heat. Which base pair can withstand more
heat ?
9. If one DNA single strand has the sequence 5’-AATGCAA-3’, what is the sequence
of its complementary strand?
10. Create a table of biomolecules with their corresponding monomers and chemical
bonds.
11. What are the types of Lipids?
12. Draw and label a nucleotide.
13. Draw the structure of a triglyceride.
14. Draw the structure of glucose.
15. Draw the structure of amino acid.

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