BIOLOGY 1201 EVALUATION 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔List the 7 functional groups. - ✔✔Hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino, sulfhydryl,
phosphate, and methyl
✔✔Hydroxyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Carbonyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Carboxyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Amino group - ✔✔
✔✔Sulfhydryl group - ✔✔
✔✔Phosphate group - ✔✔
✔✔Methyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Hydrocarbons - ✔✔organic molecules consisting of only carbon and hydrogen
✔✔reactions - ✔✔Hydrocarbons can undergo _________ that release a large amount
of energy that carbon skeletons can vary.
✔✔Macromolecules - ✔✔large molecules and are complex with unique properties that
arise from the orderly arrangement of their atoms
✔✔Hydrophobic - ✔✔water-fearing
, ✔✔Hydrophilic - ✔✔water-loving
✔✔Carbohydrates - ✔✔sugars and the polymers of sugars
✔✔Nucleic acids - ✔✔
✔✔Phospholipids - ✔✔two fatty acids and a phosphate group are attached to glycerol
✔✔Steroids - ✔✔lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings
✔✔Amino acids - ✔✔organic molecules with amino and carboxyl groups
✔✔Polymerization - ✔✔
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔occurs when two monomers bond together through the loss of a
water molecule
✔✔Hydrolysis - ✔✔a reaction that is essentially the reverse of the dehydration reaction
✔✔Polysaccharides - ✔✔carbohydrate macromolecules; polymers composed of many
sugar building blocks; have storage and structural roles
✔✔Polypeptide - ✔✔unbranched polymers built from these amino acids
✔✔proteins - ✔✔a biologically functional molecule that consists of one or more
polypeptides
✔✔Peptide bonds - ✔✔covalent bonds that link amino acids
✔✔Structural Models - ✔✔space-filling model, ribbon model, wire-frame model, and
simplified diagram
✔✔What determines a protein's three-dimensional structure? - ✔✔the sequence of
amino acids
✔✔List the four levels of structure. - ✔✔Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and quaternary
✔✔Primary structure - ✔✔unique sequence of amino acids
✔✔Secondary structure - ✔✔consists of coils and folds in the polypeptide chain that
result from hydrogen bonds between repeating constituents of the polypeptide
backbone
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔List the 7 functional groups. - ✔✔Hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino, sulfhydryl,
phosphate, and methyl
✔✔Hydroxyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Carbonyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Carboxyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Amino group - ✔✔
✔✔Sulfhydryl group - ✔✔
✔✔Phosphate group - ✔✔
✔✔Methyl group - ✔✔
✔✔Hydrocarbons - ✔✔organic molecules consisting of only carbon and hydrogen
✔✔reactions - ✔✔Hydrocarbons can undergo _________ that release a large amount
of energy that carbon skeletons can vary.
✔✔Macromolecules - ✔✔large molecules and are complex with unique properties that
arise from the orderly arrangement of their atoms
✔✔Hydrophobic - ✔✔water-fearing
, ✔✔Hydrophilic - ✔✔water-loving
✔✔Carbohydrates - ✔✔sugars and the polymers of sugars
✔✔Nucleic acids - ✔✔
✔✔Phospholipids - ✔✔two fatty acids and a phosphate group are attached to glycerol
✔✔Steroids - ✔✔lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings
✔✔Amino acids - ✔✔organic molecules with amino and carboxyl groups
✔✔Polymerization - ✔✔
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔occurs when two monomers bond together through the loss of a
water molecule
✔✔Hydrolysis - ✔✔a reaction that is essentially the reverse of the dehydration reaction
✔✔Polysaccharides - ✔✔carbohydrate macromolecules; polymers composed of many
sugar building blocks; have storage and structural roles
✔✔Polypeptide - ✔✔unbranched polymers built from these amino acids
✔✔proteins - ✔✔a biologically functional molecule that consists of one or more
polypeptides
✔✔Peptide bonds - ✔✔covalent bonds that link amino acids
✔✔Structural Models - ✔✔space-filling model, ribbon model, wire-frame model, and
simplified diagram
✔✔What determines a protein's three-dimensional structure? - ✔✔the sequence of
amino acids
✔✔List the four levels of structure. - ✔✔Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and quaternary
✔✔Primary structure - ✔✔unique sequence of amino acids
✔✔Secondary structure - ✔✔consists of coils and folds in the polypeptide chain that
result from hydrogen bonds between repeating constituents of the polypeptide
backbone
