BIOLOGY HOW LIFE WORKS 4TH EDITION
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ structure of amino acid. Answer: alpha carbon attached to amino
group, carboxyl group, R group/side chain, and a hydrogen atom
◉ alpha carbon. Answer: central carbon atom
◉ amino acid forms a... (shape). Answer: tetrahedron
◉ What differs amino acids from one another?. Answer: R groups
◉ Most hydrophobic amino acids have.... Answer: nonpolar R groups,
electrons shared equally
◉ Amino acids with polar R groups have.... Answer: a permanent charge
difference, hydrophillic
◉ R groups of basic and acidic amino acids are typically.... Answer:
charged and polar, R groups usually located on outside of fold
, ◉ peptide bond. Answer: formed between two amino acids, interaction
between carboxyl group and amino group, water is released
◉ carbonyl group. Answer: C=O
◉ N-H group. Answer: amide group
◉ amino end. Answer: has a free amino group
◉ carboxyl end. Answer: has a free carboxyl group
◉ polypeptide. Answer: A PROTEIN, polymer of amino acids connected
by peptide bonds
◉ primary structure. Answer: sequence of amino acids
◉ secondary structure. Answer: interactions between stretches of amino
acids
◉ tertiary structure. Answer: three-dimensional shape of polypeptide
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ structure of amino acid. Answer: alpha carbon attached to amino
group, carboxyl group, R group/side chain, and a hydrogen atom
◉ alpha carbon. Answer: central carbon atom
◉ amino acid forms a... (shape). Answer: tetrahedron
◉ What differs amino acids from one another?. Answer: R groups
◉ Most hydrophobic amino acids have.... Answer: nonpolar R groups,
electrons shared equally
◉ Amino acids with polar R groups have.... Answer: a permanent charge
difference, hydrophillic
◉ R groups of basic and acidic amino acids are typically.... Answer:
charged and polar, R groups usually located on outside of fold
, ◉ peptide bond. Answer: formed between two amino acids, interaction
between carboxyl group and amino group, water is released
◉ carbonyl group. Answer: C=O
◉ N-H group. Answer: amide group
◉ amino end. Answer: has a free amino group
◉ carboxyl end. Answer: has a free carboxyl group
◉ polypeptide. Answer: A PROTEIN, polymer of amino acids connected
by peptide bonds
◉ primary structure. Answer: sequence of amino acids
◉ secondary structure. Answer: interactions between stretches of amino
acids
◉ tertiary structure. Answer: three-dimensional shape of polypeptide