Bootcamp.com - Fundamentals of Biology | Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027

Bootcamp.com - Fundamentals of Biology | Questions with
100% Verified Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: any substance that takes up space and has mass is called _____
Answer: matter

Question: an ______ is a substance that has specific chemical and physical
properties
Answer: element

Question: an _____ is the smallest unit of matter that still retains all the
chemical properties of an element
Answer: atom

Question: can an atom break-down into something smaller, while still
retaining the properties of the original element?
Answer: no

Question: molecules result whenever _____ atoms join together
Answer: 2 or more

Question: _____ are molecules that contain more than one element
Answer: compounds
(ex: H2O is a molecule/compound)

Question: what are the strong attractive forces that hold atoms within a
molecule?
Answer: intramolecular forces

Question: which type of force exists between molecules?
Answer: intermolecular forces

Question: which type of force (intra-/intermolecular) determines
physical properties?
Answer: intermolecular

Question: _____ are molecules that have the potential of bonding to other
identical molecules through chemical reactions
Answer: monomers

Question: _____ is the process when monomers bond together, and it
forms _____
Answer: polymerization; polymers

,Question: _____ are substances that have a large # of monomers bonded
together
Answer: polymers

Question: what are the 3 varieties of carbohydrates?
Answer: monosaccharides; disaccharides; polysaccharides

Question: monosaccharides have a ratio of precisely _____ _____ per water
molecule, and they have the empirical formula _____
Answer: 1 carbon; (CH2O)n

Question: ribose is a _____ sugar (monosaccharide)
Answer: pentose (five carbon)




Question: glucose and fructose are _____ sugars (monosaccharides)
Answer: hexose (six carbon)




Question: glucose and fructose are _____ of each other
Answer: isomers

Question: what type of carbohydrate results when 2 monosaccharide
monomers bond/join together?
Answer: disaccharide

Question: monosaccharide monomers join together via what type of
reaction?
Answer: dehydration/condensation reactions




Question: what type of bond is formed and what is released in a
dehydration/condensation reaction?
Answer: covalent bond formation; release of H2O

, Question: what is the opposite of a condensation/dehydration reaction -
why?
Answer: A hydrolysis reaction; adds H2O to a covalent bond and splits monomers apart

Question: what is the name of the bond that forms when a carbohydrate
attaches to another molecule?
Answer: glycosidic




Question: which disaccharide contains 1 glucose and 1 fructose?
Answer: sucrose (table sugar)




Question: which disaccharide contains 1 galactose and 1 glucose?
Answer: lactose




Question: which disaccharide contains 2 glucoses linked together?
Answer: maltose




Question: polysaccharides are long polymers of _____
Answer: monosaccharides

Question: _____ may or may not have branching
Answer: polysaccharides

Question: some polysaccharides are for _____, and others are for _____.
Answer: storage, structure

Question: _____ is a crucial storage polysaccharide in plants
Answer: starch

Question: starch contains many _____ monomers in linear forms as well as
branched forms
Answer: glucose

Question: linear plant starch is called _____
Answer: amylose