UIUC MCB 150 - Unit 1: The Chemistry of
Biology Final Exam And Correct
Answers.
What type of sugar are ribose and deoxyribose? - Answer Pentose Sugar (5-Carbon Sugars)
Cells extract __________ from glucose to be stored in ATP bonds - Answer Energy
What are the two possible shapes formed by monosaccharides such as glucose? - Answer Linear & Ring
What are the common types of monosaccharides found in nature - Answer Galactose, Glucose,
Fructose
Which of the following sugars are pentoses?
Deoxyribose
Sucrose
Glucose
Ribose
Galactose
Maltose - Answer Deoxyribose, Ribose
The most common hexose is - Answer glucose
How do cells obtain energy from glucose? - Answer By breaking its bonds and using the energy they
store to build ATP
The covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction is called a(n)
________ linkage - Answer glycosidic linkage
, What type of organic molecule can assume both a linear or ring form? - Answer monosaccharides
Carbohydrate polymers are called ______. - Answer polysaccharides
Glucose and galactose are examples of ______. - Answer monosaccharides
In what organisms are starch and glycogen found? - Answer starch = plants
glycogen = animals
Arrange these carbohydrates in order of increasing size. Start with the smallest at the top of the list:
disaccharides
monosaccharides
polysaccharides - Answer monosaccharides
disaccharides
polysaccharides
Which sugar monomer forms the polysaccharides starch, cellulose, and glycogen? - Answer Glucose
What type of bond forms between two sugar molecules? - Answer Glycosidic bond
Match the polysaccharide with the degree of branching of glucose chains.
Cellulose
Starch
Glycogen - Answer Cellulose = unbranched
starch = moderate branching
Biology Final Exam And Correct
Answers.
What type of sugar are ribose and deoxyribose? - Answer Pentose Sugar (5-Carbon Sugars)
Cells extract __________ from glucose to be stored in ATP bonds - Answer Energy
What are the two possible shapes formed by monosaccharides such as glucose? - Answer Linear & Ring
What are the common types of monosaccharides found in nature - Answer Galactose, Glucose,
Fructose
Which of the following sugars are pentoses?
Deoxyribose
Sucrose
Glucose
Ribose
Galactose
Maltose - Answer Deoxyribose, Ribose
The most common hexose is - Answer glucose
How do cells obtain energy from glucose? - Answer By breaking its bonds and using the energy they
store to build ATP
The covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction is called a(n)
________ linkage - Answer glycosidic linkage
, What type of organic molecule can assume both a linear or ring form? - Answer monosaccharides
Carbohydrate polymers are called ______. - Answer polysaccharides
Glucose and galactose are examples of ______. - Answer monosaccharides
In what organisms are starch and glycogen found? - Answer starch = plants
glycogen = animals
Arrange these carbohydrates in order of increasing size. Start with the smallest at the top of the list:
disaccharides
monosaccharides
polysaccharides - Answer monosaccharides
disaccharides
polysaccharides
Which sugar monomer forms the polysaccharides starch, cellulose, and glycogen? - Answer Glucose
What type of bond forms between two sugar molecules? - Answer Glycosidic bond
Match the polysaccharide with the degree of branching of glucose chains.
Cellulose
Starch
Glycogen - Answer Cellulose = unbranched
starch = moderate branching
