IB BIOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM SOLVED
QUESTIONS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Metabolism
Answer: the chemical processes (enzyme catalyzed) that occur within a
living organism in order to maintain life.
●● Anabolism
Answer: the synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from
simpler ones, including ther formation of macrolmes from monomers by
condensation reactions
●● Catabolism
Answer: the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler molecules,
including the hydrolysis of macromolecules into monomers.
●● Insulin
Answer: protein hormone that facilitates the movement of glucose form
the bloodstream to the interior of cells
●● organic chemistry
Answer: the study of all chemicals containing carbon
,●● Subcomponent of carbohydrates
Answer: monosaccharides
●● subcomponent of lipids
Answer: Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphate groups
●● Subcomponent of proteins
Answer: amino acids
●● subcomponent of nucleic acids
Answer: nucleotides
●● carbohydrate subcategories
Answer: monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
●● Lipid subcategories
Answer: triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids
●● Protein examples
Answer: enzymes, antibodies, peptide hormones
●● Monosaccharide examples
, Answer: glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose, deoxyribose
●● Disaccharide examples
Answer: sucrose, lactose, maltose
●● polysaccharide examples
Answer: starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin
●● triglyceride examples
Answer: fats in adipose tissue
●● phospholipid example
Answer: bilayer of cell membrane
●● Steroid examples
Answer: cholesterol, testosterone, estrogen
●● nucleic acid examples
Answer: DNA, RNA, ATP
●● Enzymes
QUESTIONS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Metabolism
Answer: the chemical processes (enzyme catalyzed) that occur within a
living organism in order to maintain life.
●● Anabolism
Answer: the synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from
simpler ones, including ther formation of macrolmes from monomers by
condensation reactions
●● Catabolism
Answer: the breakdown of complex molecules into simpler molecules,
including the hydrolysis of macromolecules into monomers.
●● Insulin
Answer: protein hormone that facilitates the movement of glucose form
the bloodstream to the interior of cells
●● organic chemistry
Answer: the study of all chemicals containing carbon
,●● Subcomponent of carbohydrates
Answer: monosaccharides
●● subcomponent of lipids
Answer: Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphate groups
●● Subcomponent of proteins
Answer: amino acids
●● subcomponent of nucleic acids
Answer: nucleotides
●● carbohydrate subcategories
Answer: monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
●● Lipid subcategories
Answer: triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids
●● Protein examples
Answer: enzymes, antibodies, peptide hormones
●● Monosaccharide examples
, Answer: glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose, deoxyribose
●● Disaccharide examples
Answer: sucrose, lactose, maltose
●● polysaccharide examples
Answer: starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin
●● triglyceride examples
Answer: fats in adipose tissue
●● phospholipid example
Answer: bilayer of cell membrane
●● Steroid examples
Answer: cholesterol, testosterone, estrogen
●● nucleic acid examples
Answer: DNA, RNA, ATP
●● Enzymes