Cell //
& /
Molecular
/ /
Biology
/ /
Exam I Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Compared /
/to /
/single /
/covalent /
/bonds, /
/double //covalent //bonds //are: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Rigid //with //respect //to //rotation
A/
/covalent /
/bond /
/between //two //atoms //is //formed //as //a //result //of //the: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sharing //of
//Electrons
The /
/chemical /
/reactions /
/in /
/the /
/cell /
/occur /
/primarily /
/in //a //____________________________ //environment. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Aqueous
,The /
/complex /
/macromolecules /
/of /
/the /
/cell /
/are /
/built /
/from /
/simpler /
/molecular /
/monomer /
/subunits /
/(e.g /
/amino /
/acids, /
/nucleotides) /
/that /
/are /
/linked /
/together /
/through /
/what //type //of //chemical //reaction? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Dehydration //Synthesis
There /
/are /
/90 /
/naturally /
/occurring /
/elements /
/on /
/the /
/earth, //__________ //of //which //compose //>98% //of //the //mass //of //living //organisms. //- //CORRECT
//ANSWERS(S)✔✔CHNOPS
,Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/bond /
/types //will //are //weakened //in //an //aqueous //environment? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Ionic
Which /
/of /
/the /
/functional /
/groups /
/outlined //on //the //molecule //below //is //a //carboxylic //acid? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Which /
/of /
/the /
/functional /
/groups //outlined //on //the //molecule //below //is //a //methyl? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Which //of //the //molecules //below //is //an //amino //acid? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Atoms /
/with /
/unfilled /
/outer /
/electron /
/shells /
/are //especially //stable //and //are //therefore //less //reactive. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False.
Atoms /
/that /
/have /
/their /
/outer /
, /electron /
/shells /
/filled /
/are /
/the /
/most /
/stable /
/and /
/least /
/reactive. /
/Atoms /
/with /
/unfilled //outer //shells //are //more //reactive //because //they //tend //to //share //or //transfer //electrons
//to //fill //and //therefore //stabilize //the //outer //shell.
DNA /
/is /
/synthesized /
/by /
/covalently /
/linking /
/nucleotides /
/in //
a/
/long /
/chain. /
/The /
/DNA /
/strand /
/will /
/become /
/part /
/of //
a/
/stable /
/helix /
/of /
& /
Molecular
/ /
Biology
/ /
Exam I Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Compared /
/to /
/single /
/covalent /
/bonds, /
/double //covalent //bonds //are: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Rigid //with //respect //to //rotation
A/
/covalent /
/bond /
/between //two //atoms //is //formed //as //a //result //of //the: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sharing //of
//Electrons
The /
/chemical /
/reactions /
/in /
/the /
/cell /
/occur /
/primarily /
/in //a //____________________________ //environment. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Aqueous
,The /
/complex /
/macromolecules /
/of /
/the /
/cell /
/are /
/built /
/from /
/simpler /
/molecular /
/monomer /
/subunits /
/(e.g /
/amino /
/acids, /
/nucleotides) /
/that /
/are /
/linked /
/together /
/through /
/what //type //of //chemical //reaction? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Dehydration //Synthesis
There /
/are /
/90 /
/naturally /
/occurring /
/elements /
/on /
/the /
/earth, //__________ //of //which //compose //>98% //of //the //mass //of //living //organisms. //- //CORRECT
//ANSWERS(S)✔✔CHNOPS
,Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/bond /
/types //will //are //weakened //in //an //aqueous //environment? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Ionic
Which /
/of /
/the /
/functional /
/groups /
/outlined //on //the //molecule //below //is //a //carboxylic //acid? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Which /
/of /
/the /
/functional /
/groups //outlined //on //the //molecule //below //is //a //methyl? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Which //of //the //molecules //below //is //an //amino //acid? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔
Atoms /
/with /
/unfilled /
/outer /
/electron /
/shells /
/are //especially //stable //and //are //therefore //less //reactive. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔False.
Atoms /
/that /
/have /
/their /
/outer /
, /electron /
/shells /
/filled /
/are /
/the /
/most /
/stable /
/and /
/least /
/reactive. /
/Atoms /
/with /
/unfilled //outer //shells //are //more //reactive //because //they //tend //to //share //or //transfer //electrons
//to //fill //and //therefore //stabilize //the //outer //shell.
DNA /
/is /
/synthesized /
/by /
/covalently /
/linking /
/nucleotides /
/in //
a/
/long /
/chain. /
/The /
/DNA /
/strand /
/will /
/become /
/part /
/of //
a/
/stable /
/helix /
/of /
