BIO 201 ASU (Biochemistry) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are inorganic compounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - water, salts, acids, bases
Do not contain carbon
What are organic compounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and
nucleic acids
Contain carbon
Usually large
Are covalently bonded
all ions are called _________ because they can conduct electrical currents in solution -
CORRECT ANSWER - Electrolytes
What are cations? - CORRECT ANSWER - positively charged ions
What are Anions - CORRECT ANSWER - negatively charged ions
What is PH of blood - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.4
What is the PH of water - CORRECT ANSWER -7
, What does the PH scale range from - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-14
Which half of the PH scale is more acidic - CORRECT ANSWER - Bottom half (0-6)
Which half of the PH scale is more basic - CORRECT ANSWER - Top half (8-14)
What is dehydration synthesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of joining two
smaller molecules together to make a bigger molecule following the removal of water
What is Hydrolysis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of breaking apart a big molecule
into two smaller molecules by adding water
What is a monosaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - simple sugar
How is the PH scale multiplied - CORRECT ANSWER - by the logarithmic scale of 10x
What is a disaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - two monosaccharides joined together
(double sugar)
What is a polysaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - When three or more monosacchraides
are chained together
What is a triglyceride? - CORRECT ANSWER - a lipid made of one glycerol and three
fatty acids through dehydration synthesis
What is a lipid - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid chains
(triglyceride)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are inorganic compounds? - CORRECT ANSWER - water, salts, acids, bases
Do not contain carbon
What are organic compounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and
nucleic acids
Contain carbon
Usually large
Are covalently bonded
all ions are called _________ because they can conduct electrical currents in solution -
CORRECT ANSWER - Electrolytes
What are cations? - CORRECT ANSWER - positively charged ions
What are Anions - CORRECT ANSWER - negatively charged ions
What is PH of blood - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.4
What is the PH of water - CORRECT ANSWER -7
, What does the PH scale range from - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-14
Which half of the PH scale is more acidic - CORRECT ANSWER - Bottom half (0-6)
Which half of the PH scale is more basic - CORRECT ANSWER - Top half (8-14)
What is dehydration synthesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of joining two
smaller molecules together to make a bigger molecule following the removal of water
What is Hydrolysis - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of breaking apart a big molecule
into two smaller molecules by adding water
What is a monosaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - simple sugar
How is the PH scale multiplied - CORRECT ANSWER - by the logarithmic scale of 10x
What is a disaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - two monosaccharides joined together
(double sugar)
What is a polysaccharide? - CORRECT ANSWER - When three or more monosacchraides
are chained together
What is a triglyceride? - CORRECT ANSWER - a lipid made of one glycerol and three
fatty acids through dehydration synthesis
What is a lipid - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid chains
(triglyceride)
