BIOLOGY MACROMOLECULES MAIN EXAMINATION
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔dehydration synthesis - ✔✔forms polymers and a water molecule
✔✔hydrolysis - ✔✔Divides a polymer into monomers through the addition of water
✔✔Where do macromolecules get energy? - ✔✔macromolecules get energy from
bonds
✔✔polymer - ✔✔result of many monomers linking together (protein or peptide and
amino acids or polypeptide)
✔✔What makes up proteins? - ✔✔polymers made of amino acids (50-500 chains long)
✔✔amino acid is also known as a...? - ✔✔peptide or protein
✔✔What are nucleic acids made up of? - ✔✔hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon,
phosphorus
✔✔monomer - ✔✔single molecule; small chemical unit that makes up a polymer
✔✔2 monosaccharides - ✔✔disaccharide
✔✔Key ideas - ✔✔-All macromolecules are formed through dehydration synthesis
-all covalent bonds
-water breaks bonds and gives off energy through hydrolysis
✔✔hydrolysis - ✔✔Requires water and releases energy
Taking molecules apart
✔✔Which is the only macromolecule that isn't a polymer - ✔✔lipid
✔✔What does "acid" indicate? - ✔✔hydrogen ion is present
✔✔Elements present in carbohydrates - ✔✔Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
✔✔Elements present in proteins - ✔✔Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔dehydration synthesis - ✔✔forms polymers and a water molecule
✔✔hydrolysis - ✔✔Divides a polymer into monomers through the addition of water
✔✔Where do macromolecules get energy? - ✔✔macromolecules get energy from
bonds
✔✔polymer - ✔✔result of many monomers linking together (protein or peptide and
amino acids or polypeptide)
✔✔What makes up proteins? - ✔✔polymers made of amino acids (50-500 chains long)
✔✔amino acid is also known as a...? - ✔✔peptide or protein
✔✔What are nucleic acids made up of? - ✔✔hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon,
phosphorus
✔✔monomer - ✔✔single molecule; small chemical unit that makes up a polymer
✔✔2 monosaccharides - ✔✔disaccharide
✔✔Key ideas - ✔✔-All macromolecules are formed through dehydration synthesis
-all covalent bonds
-water breaks bonds and gives off energy through hydrolysis
✔✔hydrolysis - ✔✔Requires water and releases energy
Taking molecules apart
✔✔Which is the only macromolecule that isn't a polymer - ✔✔lipid
✔✔What does "acid" indicate? - ✔✔hydrogen ion is present
✔✔Elements present in carbohydrates - ✔✔Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
✔✔Elements present in proteins - ✔✔Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen