Biochemistry Vocab Quiz

Produced by photosynthesis-used for fast energy and found in cell walls of plants and fungi

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Nucleic Acids

Building blocks of protein

• amino acid

• fatty acid

• nucleotide

• monosaccharide

​ (a)   ​ are organic compounds that are made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells (found in cell membranes, cytoskeleton, and as enzymes)

• Proteins
• Carbohydrates
• Substrates
• Nucleic acids
• Lipids
• Nucleotides

The sugar that makes up a nucleotide: ​ (a)   ​

• deoxyribose
• monomer
• enzyme
• ribose
• glucose

A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing ​ (a)  

• enzyme
• polymer
• nucleic acid
• lipid
• amino acid

Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Stores long term energy (found in cell membranes)

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer.

• monomer

• polymer

• biomolecule

• enzyme

An organic base that contains nitrogen, and makes up nucleotide in DNA and RNA.

• nitrogenous base

• hydrogenous base

• nucleic acid

• nucleotide

DNA (found in the nucleus) and RNA (found in the cytoplasm)

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• proteins

• nucleic acids

A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group is called a ​ (a)  

• nucleotide
• nucleic acid
• amino acid
• nitrogenous base
• fatty acid