Direction: Analyze each question carefully then choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Nutritional chemists have found that burning 1 gram of fat releases twice the amount of heat energy as burning
1 gram of starch. Based on this information, which type of biomolecule would cause a person to gain more
weight?
a. carbohydrate b. fat c. proteins d. nucleic acid
2. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecules are _________?
a. hydrophilic b. neutral c. hydrophobic d. Zwitter ions
3. Which of the following groups are all classified as polysaccharide? a. sucrose, glucose and fructose c. glycogen,
sucrose and maltose b. maltose, lactose and fructose d. glycogen, cellulose and starch 4. Amino acids are the
building blocks of which group of biomolecules?
a. proteins b. carbohydrates c. lipids d. nucleic acid
5. Which of the following is the major function of carbohydrates? 1. structural framework 2. storage 3. energy
production
a. 1 only b. 2 only c. 3 only d. 1 & 3 only
6. In which organs are glycogen stored in the body?
A. liver and spleen B. liver and muscle C. liver and bile D. liver and adipose tissue
7. When digesting a complex carbohydrate, water is added and simple sugar is obtained through which process?
a. Photosynthesis b. Condensation c. Hydrolysis d. Dehydration
8. What kind of molecule is represented by the structure below?
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COOH
a. monosaccharide b. unsaturated fatty acid c. saturated fatty acid d. phospholipid
9. Disaccharide is formed by combining two monosaccharides. What do you call the process of combining 2 or more
simple sugars?
a. Hydrolysis b. Peptide bonding c. Condensation d. Saccharide bonding
10. Which of the following elements is NOT present in carbohydrates?
a. carbon b. oxygen c. nitrogen d. hydrogen
11. Which of the following biomolecules contain only the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
a. carbohydrates and lipids b. lipids and proteins c. proteins and nucleic acids d.nucleic acids and carbohydrates
12. Which of the following sugars are the components of lactose?
a. glucose & galactose b. fructose and galactose c. glucose & fructose d. glucose and glucose
13. What type of chemical bond is illustrated by the arrows below?
a. sugar-sugar bond c. peptide bond acid bond
b. glycerol- fatty d. hydrogen bond
14. Which of the following sugars are the components
of maltose?
a. glucose & galactose c. glucose & fructose
b. fructose and galactose d. glucose and glucose
15. The sugar in RNA is _____________, the sugar in DNA is ________.
a. deoxyribose, ribose b. ribose, deoxyribose c. ribose, phosphate d. ribose, uracil
Direction: Analyze each question carefully then choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Nutritional chemists have found that burning 1 gram of fat releases twice the amount of heat energy as burning
1 gram of starch. Based on this information, which type of biomolecule would cause a person to gain more
weight?
a. carbohydrate b. fat c. proteins d. nucleic acid
2. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecules are _________?
a. hydrophilic b. neutral c. hydrophobic d. Zwitter ions
3. Which of the following groups are all classified as polysaccharide? a. sucrose, glucose and fructose c. glycogen,
sucrose and maltose b. maltose, lactose and fructose d. glycogen, cellulose and starch 4. Amino acids are the
building blocks of which group of biomolecules?
a. proteins b. carbohydrates c. lipids d. nucleic acid
5. Which of the following is the major function of carbohydrates? 1. structural framework 2. storage 3. energy
production
a. 1 only b. 2 only c. 3 only d. 1 & 3 only
6. In which organs are glycogen stored in the body?
A. liver and spleen B. liver and muscle C. liver and bile D. liver and adipose tissue
7. When digesting a complex carbohydrate, water is added and simple sugar is obtained through which process?
a. Photosynthesis b. Condensation c. Hydrolysis d. Dehydration
8. What kind of molecule is represented by the structure below?
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COOH
a. monosaccharide b. unsaturated fatty acid c. saturated fatty acid d. phospholipid
9. Disaccharide is formed by combining two monosaccharides. What do you call the process of combining 2 or more
simple sugars?
a. Hydrolysis b. Peptide bonding c. Condensation d. Saccharide bonding
10. Which of the following elements is NOT present in carbohydrates?
a. carbon b. oxygen c. nitrogen d. hydrogen
11. Which of the following biomolecules contain only the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
a. carbohydrates and lipids b. lipids and proteins c. proteins and nucleic acids d.nucleic acids and carbohydrates
12. Which of the following sugars are the components of lactose?
a. glucose & galactose b. fructose and galactose c. glucose & fructose d. glucose and glucose
13. What type of chemical bond is illustrated by the arrows below?
a. sugar-sugar bond c. peptide bond acid bond
b. glycerol- fatty d. hydrogen bond
14. Which of the following sugars are the components
of maltose?
a. glucose & galactose c. glucose & fructose

b. fructose and galactose d. glucose and glucose