CHEM210 Module 5 Exam
What serve as the fat energy molecules
in most organisms and are also the basis lipids
for the structures of cell walls?
What is an organic molecule that dis-
lipid
solves in a non-polar solvent?
What are the five structures that lipids fatty acids, triaglycerols, phosphoglyc-
are classified as? erides, sphingolipids, isoprenoid
What consist of a long carbon chain con-
taining a carboxylic acid functional group fatty acids
at the end?
What does the length of fatty acids vary
8 to 30
between?
What does a saturated fatty acid mean? no double bonds
What shows how many carbons and
simplified notation system
double bonds there are?
What does unsaturated fatty acid mean? one or more double bond
What contains two or more double bonds
polyunsaturated fatty acid
in a fatty acid chain?
What is the position of the double bond
end opposite of the carboxylic acid group
omega system
or said another way, numbered from the
-CH3 end of the molecule?
What are dense energy storages be-
cause they have long chains of carbon
triacyglycerols
and hydrogen in the form of fatty acid
chains?
What serves as the backbone of the tria-
cyglycerol structure with three fatty acids glycerol
attached via an acyl linkage?
What is it called when lipids are liquid at
oil
room temperature?
What is it called when lipids are solid at
fat
room temperature?
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What have glycerol as a backbone mol-
ecule, with two fatty acids attached to
phosphoglycerides
the first and second carbons and a polar
group attached to the third carbon?
What allows molecules to spontaneously
form membrane bilayers with tails aggre- molecular structure
gating together?
What are two fatty acid chains and a po-
lar head group with a ceramide structure spingolipids
as a backbone?
defining blood type and creating myelin
What are two functions of shingolipids?
sheath
What is a five carbon, one double bond
molecule that serves as the starting ma- isoprene
terial for many lipid molecules?
What four things are made of isoprene? vitamin A, K, cholesterol, and carotenoid
What is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for
vitamin K
blood coagulation?
What helps to maintain the fluidity of cel-
cholesterol
lular bilayer?
What separate the components of the
cellular membranes
cell from the outside environment?
What are proteins firmly associated with
integral proteins
membrane?
What describes the mixture of lipids and
fluid mosaic model
protein from the membrane layer?
energy, storage, vitamin, protection, and
What are the five functions of lipids?
insulation
What is the primary function of phospho-
forming membrane bilayers
lycerides?
What does the circle represent in the
polar head group
cartoon drawing of a phosphoglyceride?
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What serve as the fat energy molecules
in most organisms and are also the basis lipids
for the structures of cell walls?
What is an organic molecule that dis-
lipid
solves in a non-polar solvent?
What are the five structures that lipids fatty acids, triaglycerols, phosphoglyc-
are classified as? erides, sphingolipids, isoprenoid
What consist of a long carbon chain con-
taining a carboxylic acid functional group fatty acids
at the end?
What does the length of fatty acids vary
8 to 30
between?
What does a saturated fatty acid mean? no double bonds
What shows how many carbons and
simplified notation system
double bonds there are?
What does unsaturated fatty acid mean? one or more double bond
What contains two or more double bonds
polyunsaturated fatty acid
in a fatty acid chain?
What is the position of the double bond
end opposite of the carboxylic acid group
omega system
or said another way, numbered from the
-CH3 end of the molecule?
What are dense energy storages be-
cause they have long chains of carbon
triacyglycerols
and hydrogen in the form of fatty acid
chains?
What serves as the backbone of the tria-
cyglycerol structure with three fatty acids glycerol
attached via an acyl linkage?
What is it called when lipids are liquid at
oil
room temperature?
What is it called when lipids are solid at
fat
room temperature?
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What have glycerol as a backbone mol-
ecule, with two fatty acids attached to
phosphoglycerides
the first and second carbons and a polar
group attached to the third carbon?
What allows molecules to spontaneously
form membrane bilayers with tails aggre- molecular structure
gating together?
What are two fatty acid chains and a po-
lar head group with a ceramide structure spingolipids
as a backbone?
defining blood type and creating myelin
What are two functions of shingolipids?
sheath
What is a five carbon, one double bond
molecule that serves as the starting ma- isoprene
terial for many lipid molecules?
What four things are made of isoprene? vitamin A, K, cholesterol, and carotenoid
What is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for
vitamin K
blood coagulation?
What helps to maintain the fluidity of cel-
cholesterol
lular bilayer?
What separate the components of the
cellular membranes
cell from the outside environment?
What are proteins firmly associated with
integral proteins
membrane?
What describes the mixture of lipids and
fluid mosaic model
protein from the membrane layer?
energy, storage, vitamin, protection, and
What are the five functions of lipids?
insulation
What is the primary function of phospho-
forming membrane bilayers
lycerides?
What does the circle represent in the
polar head group
cartoon drawing of a phosphoglyceride?
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