Macromolecules Practice Test
- 1. Leon has a big football game this evening. What monomer should he load up on during dinner to ensure that he has enough energy for the big game?
A) carbohydrates
B) fatty acids
C) lipids
D) monosaccharides
E) proteins
- 2. What is the function of the macromolecule being pictured?
A) heredity
B) homeostasis
C) metabolism
D) quick energy
E) insulation
- 3. If Ms. Cook wanted to grow her hair out without fear of it breaking or becoming damaged, what macromolecule should she increase in her diet?
A) protein
B) lipid
C) carbohydrate
D) nucleic acid
E) none of the above
- 4. If a scientist turns a polymer into monomers in the laboratory, would the resulting material be larger or smaller than the starting reactants?
A) larger
B) smaller
C) stays the same size
D) not enough information to answer this question
- 5. lipid is to insulation as carbohydrate is to ____________.
A) heredity
B) quick energy
C) stored energy
D) structure
E) insulation
- 6. A storage form of sugar found only in plants
A) table sugar
B) glucose
C) starch
D) fructose
E) glycogen
- 7. What are the monomers of the polymer responsible for speeding up metabolism?
A) amino acids
B) protein
C) nucleic acid
D) fatty acid
E) nucleotide
- 8. A storage form of sugar found only in animals
A) fructose
B) starch
C) glucose
D) table sugar
E) glycogen
- 9. What is the function of the macromolecule pictured below?
A) insulation
B) quick energy source
C) long-term energy storage
D) heredity
E) regulating metabolism
- 10. Determine if the following is a carbohydrate, lipid, nucleic acid or protein: Keratin
A) protein
B) lipid
C) carbohydrate
D) nucleic acid
- 11. Determine if the following is a carbohydrate, lipid, protein or nucleic acid: Wax
A) lipid
B) nucleic acid
C) carbohydrate
D) protein
- 12. Energy source is to monosaccharide are ____________ is to fatty acid
A) heredity
B) energy source
C) metabolism
D) energy storage
E) structure
- 13. Determine if the following is a carbohydrate, lipid, protein, or nucleic acid: Potato
A) nucleic acid
B) protein
C) carbohydrate
D) lipid
- 14. Determine if the following is a carbohydrate, lipid, protein, or nucleic acid: Vegetable oil
A) nucleic acid
B) protein
C) carbohydrate
D) lipid
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