Bio Unit 1 Vocab #1-20 QUESTIONS

What is the smallest unit of life?

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is a large molecule made up of smaller subunits called?

• Macromolecule

• Enzyme

• Ion

• Solvent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the building block (small unit) of a macromolecule called?

• Monomer

• Polymer

• Enzyme

• Lipid

What is a chain of repeating monomers bonded together called?

• Polymer

• Enzyme

• Lipid

• Nucleotide

What is the process of joining monomers by removing water called?

• Dehydration synthesis

• Hydrolysis

• Condensation reaction

• Polymerization

What is the process of breaking polymers into monomers by adding water called?

• Hydrolysis

• Dehydration synthesis

• Condensation

• Polymerization

What are macromolecules made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio called?

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Protein

• Nucleic acid

What is a simple sugar (e.g., glucose, fructose, galactose) called?

• Monosaccharide

• Polysaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Oligosaccharide

What are two monosaccharides joined (e.g., sucrose, lactose, maltose) called?

• Disaccharide

• Polysaccharide

• Monosaccharide

• Oligosaccharide

What is a large carbohydrate polymer (e.g., starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin) called?

• Polysaccharide

• Monosaccharide

• Amino acid

• Lipid