ATI TEAS 7 Biology Exam Prep – High-Yield
Questions & Answers
Monomers -answer ✔✨---small molecular building blocks of polymers
Endothermic Reaction -answer ✔✨---A reaction that ABSORBS energy in the form of heat
Hydrolysis -answer ✔✨---a chemical reaction that adds water to a macromolecule in order to
break its covalent bond; key component in digestion
The creation of macromolecules is what kind of reaction? -answer ✔✨---Endothermic reaction
called dehydration
The breakdown of macromolecules is what kind of reaction? -answer ✔✨---Exothermic reaction
called hydrolysis
4 Types of Macromolecules -answer ✔✨---carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
Macromolecules are also known as -answer ✔✨---biopolymers
Simplest unit of a carbohydrate -answer ✔✨---monosaccharide
, At the molecular level, carbohydrates contain -answer ✔✨---Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Glucose -answer ✔✨---A very common carbohydrate monomer that exists as a hexose (meaning it
has 6 carbons in it).
Carbohydrate monomers tend to end in -answer ✔✨----ose
Carbohydrate functions in living systems -answer ✔✨---1. storage
2. structure
3. communication/recognition
Plants use carbohydrates in the form of -answer ✔✨---cellulose
chitin -answer ✔✨---carbohydrate used by fungi to add structure to their cell wall and by
insects/anthropods in their exoskeleton
Glycoprotein -answer ✔✨---A protein with one or more carbohydrates covalently attached to it,
used by the human body for cellular recognition. Oligosaccharide with amino acids attached that
attaches to a cell's lipid membrane in cellular recognition; antibody, immunoglobulin
Carbohydrate stored in the liver -answer ✔✨---glycogen
Smallest unit of a lipid -answer ✔✨---fatty acid
On a molecular level, lipids contain a lot of -answer ✔✨---hydrogen and carbon
Lipids do not mix with water, meaning they are -answer ✔✨---hydrophobic
Questions & Answers
Monomers -answer ✔✨---small molecular building blocks of polymers
Endothermic Reaction -answer ✔✨---A reaction that ABSORBS energy in the form of heat
Hydrolysis -answer ✔✨---a chemical reaction that adds water to a macromolecule in order to
break its covalent bond; key component in digestion
The creation of macromolecules is what kind of reaction? -answer ✔✨---Endothermic reaction
called dehydration
The breakdown of macromolecules is what kind of reaction? -answer ✔✨---Exothermic reaction
called hydrolysis
4 Types of Macromolecules -answer ✔✨---carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
Macromolecules are also known as -answer ✔✨---biopolymers
Simplest unit of a carbohydrate -answer ✔✨---monosaccharide
, At the molecular level, carbohydrates contain -answer ✔✨---Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Glucose -answer ✔✨---A very common carbohydrate monomer that exists as a hexose (meaning it
has 6 carbons in it).
Carbohydrate monomers tend to end in -answer ✔✨----ose
Carbohydrate functions in living systems -answer ✔✨---1. storage
2. structure
3. communication/recognition
Plants use carbohydrates in the form of -answer ✔✨---cellulose
chitin -answer ✔✨---carbohydrate used by fungi to add structure to their cell wall and by
insects/anthropods in their exoskeleton
Glycoprotein -answer ✔✨---A protein with one or more carbohydrates covalently attached to it,
used by the human body for cellular recognition. Oligosaccharide with amino acids attached that
attaches to a cell's lipid membrane in cellular recognition; antibody, immunoglobulin
Carbohydrate stored in the liver -answer ✔✨---glycogen
Smallest unit of a lipid -answer ✔✨---fatty acid
On a molecular level, lipids contain a lot of -answer ✔✨---hydrogen and carbon
Lipids do not mix with water, meaning they are -answer ✔✨---hydrophobic
