BTEC Human Applied Biology Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What do carbohydrates provide ? - correct answer energy and regulation of blood glucose
What are the 3 types of carbs - correct answer monosaccharides,
disaccharides+polysaccharides
What are monosaccharides - correct answer monomers, single sugars, dissolve in water to form
sweet tasting solutions
What are disaccharides - correct answer formed from monos, glycosidic bond, condensation
reaction
What are polysaccharides - correct answer polymer, hydrolyse o form disaccharides
What are polymers - correct answer large molecules made up of many repeating smaller
molecules known as monomers joined together by a covalent bond
What types of proteins are there - correct answer fibrous - structural
Globular - metabolic functions
What are amino acids - correct answer monomer units of protein
Name some factors of primary structure of proteins - correct answer held together by peptide
bond
Condensation reaction
Polypeptides are composed of amino acids
Secondary structure - correct answer alpha helix / beta pleated sheet
, Tertiary structure - correct answer overall 3d shape
Hydrogen bonds - weak
Ionic bonds - strong
Coiling/folding sections of the r group brings them enough to react
Quartenary structure - correct answer association of 2 or more individual subunits
Name some factors of globular proteins - correct answer spherical
Regulate many processes
Water soluble
Name some factors of fibrous proteins - correct answer formed from long molecules
Insoluble
What is a triglyceride? - correct answer a lipid made of one glycerol and three fatty acids
How does the fatty acid bind to glycerol - correct answer ester bond
What is a glycoprotein? - correct answer protein with carbohydrate attached
Where can glycoproteins be found? - correct answer endoplasmic reticulum and golgi
apparatus
What do glycoproteins do? - correct answer protects the body, communication between cells
and reproductive system
What is alpha glucose + alpha glucose - correct answer maltose
Glucose+fructose - correct answer sucrose
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What do carbohydrates provide ? - correct answer energy and regulation of blood glucose
What are the 3 types of carbs - correct answer monosaccharides,
disaccharides+polysaccharides
What are monosaccharides - correct answer monomers, single sugars, dissolve in water to form
sweet tasting solutions
What are disaccharides - correct answer formed from monos, glycosidic bond, condensation
reaction
What are polysaccharides - correct answer polymer, hydrolyse o form disaccharides
What are polymers - correct answer large molecules made up of many repeating smaller
molecules known as monomers joined together by a covalent bond
What types of proteins are there - correct answer fibrous - structural
Globular - metabolic functions
What are amino acids - correct answer monomer units of protein
Name some factors of primary structure of proteins - correct answer held together by peptide
bond
Condensation reaction
Polypeptides are composed of amino acids
Secondary structure - correct answer alpha helix / beta pleated sheet
, Tertiary structure - correct answer overall 3d shape
Hydrogen bonds - weak
Ionic bonds - strong
Coiling/folding sections of the r group brings them enough to react
Quartenary structure - correct answer association of 2 or more individual subunits
Name some factors of globular proteins - correct answer spherical
Regulate many processes
Water soluble
Name some factors of fibrous proteins - correct answer formed from long molecules
Insoluble
What is a triglyceride? - correct answer a lipid made of one glycerol and three fatty acids
How does the fatty acid bind to glycerol - correct answer ester bond
What is a glycoprotein? - correct answer protein with carbohydrate attached
Where can glycoproteins be found? - correct answer endoplasmic reticulum and golgi
apparatus
What do glycoproteins do? - correct answer protects the body, communication between cells
and reproductive system
What is alpha glucose + alpha glucose - correct answer maltose
Glucose+fructose - correct answer sucrose
