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Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life
Matching Questions
Use the following to answer questions 1–10:
Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used.
a) uracil
b) cytoplasm
c) protein
d) thymine
e) carbohydrate
f) sugar–phosphate units
g) cell wall
h) transcription
i) glycogen
j) lipid
k) central dogma
l) phagocytosis
m) endoplasmic reticulum
n) translation
o) prokaryotes
p) eukaryotes
q) lysosome
1. DNA is made from the building blocks adenine, guanine, cytosine, and
.
2. : Unbranched polymer that, when folded into its three-
,dimensional shape, performs much of the work of the cell.
,Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life 2
3. : Scheme that describes the flow of information from
one strand of DNA to a new strand of DNA.
4. : Process where large amounts of material are taken into
the cell.
5. The transfer of information from DNA to RNA is called
.
6. are cells that are composed of multiple specialized
compartments.
7. : Class of biological macromolecules with many
functions, such as forming barriers between cell organelles, serving as a
metabolic fuel, and cell-to-cell signaling.
8. : Highly organized region of the cell where glycolytic
metabolism occurs.
9. : Responsible for protein processing and xenobiotic
metabolism.
10. . : Filled with proteases and other digestive enzymes.
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
, Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life 3
11. Organisms are known to be highly uniform at the level.
Ans: molecular Section: Introduction
12. After hydrogen and oxygen, the next most common element in living
systems is .
13. A chemical that can dissolve in water is said to be .
14. A nucleotide consists of one or more groups, a 5-carbon ribose
sugar, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring group.
15. The most common carbohydrate fuel is .
16. Heritable information is packaged into discrete units called .
17. A group of enzymes called catalyze replication.
18. Although all cells in an organism have the same DNA, tissues differ
due to selective .
19. The basic unit of life is considered the .
20. Secretory vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane to release material
outside of the cell via .
Multiple-Choice Questions
21. The structure of DNA described by Watson and Crick
included:
22.A)In higher
a double helix. which of the following is compos ed of a polymer
organisms,
with
B) thedouble-stranded
sugar–phosphatephosphodiester-linked monomers?
backbone aligned in the
A) RNA
center of the helix.
B) DNA
C) the base pairs that are stacked on the inside of the
C) protein
double helix.
D) carbohydrate
D) A and B.
E) A and C.
AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025
Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life
Matching Questions
Use the following to answer questions 1–10:
Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used.
a) uracil
b) cytoplasm
c) protein
d) thymine
e) carbohydrate
f) sugar–phosphate units
g) cell wall
h) transcription
i) glycogen
j) lipid
k) central dogma
l) phagocytosis
m) endoplasmic reticulum
n) translation
o) prokaryotes
p) eukaryotes
q) lysosome
1. DNA is made from the building blocks adenine, guanine, cytosine, and
.
2. : Unbranched polymer that, when folded into its three-
,dimensional shape, performs much of the work of the cell.
,Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life 2
3. : Scheme that describes the flow of information from
one strand of DNA to a new strand of DNA.
4. : Process where large amounts of material are taken into
the cell.
5. The transfer of information from DNA to RNA is called
.
6. are cells that are composed of multiple specialized
compartments.
7. : Class of biological macromolecules with many
functions, such as forming barriers between cell organelles, serving as a
metabolic fuel, and cell-to-cell signaling.
8. : Highly organized region of the cell where glycolytic
metabolism occurs.
9. : Responsible for protein processing and xenobiotic
metabolism.
10. . : Filled with proteases and other digestive enzymes.
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
, Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life 3
11. Organisms are known to be highly uniform at the level.
Ans: molecular Section: Introduction
12. After hydrogen and oxygen, the next most common element in living
systems is .
13. A chemical that can dissolve in water is said to be .
14. A nucleotide consists of one or more groups, a 5-carbon ribose
sugar, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring group.
15. The most common carbohydrate fuel is .
16. Heritable information is packaged into discrete units called .
17. A group of enzymes called catalyze replication.
18. Although all cells in an organism have the same DNA, tissues differ
due to selective .
19. The basic unit of life is considered the .
20. Secretory vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane to release material
outside of the cell via .
Multiple-Choice Questions
21. The structure of DNA described by Watson and Crick
included:
22.A)In higher
a double helix. which of the following is compos ed of a polymer
organisms,
with
B) thedouble-stranded
sugar–phosphatephosphodiester-linked monomers?
backbone aligned in the
A) RNA
center of the helix.
B) DNA
C) the base pairs that are stacked on the inside of the
C) protein
double helix.
D) carbohydrate
D) A and B.
E) A and C.
