AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

Question:
A large molecule composed of repeating structural units or monomers.
Answer:
polymer


Question:
A molecule of any compound that can react with other molecules of the same or
different compound to form a polymer. Each biological macromolecule has characteristic
monomers.
Answer:
monomer


Question:
A biological macromolecule (DNA or RNA) composed of the elements C, H, N, O, and P
that carries genetic information.
Answer:
nucleic acid


Question:
a carbohydrate (or simple sugar, monomer) that does not hydrolyze, as glucose,
fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or
polysaccharides
Answer:
monosaccharide


Question:
Monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a
nitrogenous base
Answer:
nucleotide

, Question:
Building Blocks of Lipids - any of a class of aliphatic acids, especially palmitic, stearic, or
oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds
to glycerol to form a fat.
Answer:
fatty acid


Question:
A very large molecule (as of a protein, nucleic acid, or carbohydrate) built up from
smaller chemical structures
Answer:
macromolecule


Question:
A protein that makes a reaction happen QUICKER; decreases activation energy of a
reaction.
Answer:
enzyme


Question:
A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the
removal of a water molecule.
Answer:
dehydration synthesis


Question:
Breaking down complex molecules (polymers) by the chemical addition of water. Used
in digestion.
Answer:
hydrolysis