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    Biochemistry I
    Homework
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 1: Learning Curve Activity

    1. Organisms can be classified based on how they obtain the energy and carbon they need for
    synthesizing cellular material. Which of the following terms BEST describes an organism that
    needs to acquire organic nutrients by consuming other organisms or products derived from them?
    a. Autotroph
    b. Heterotroph
    c. Chemotroph
    d. Phototroph

    2. A(n) _______ system is one that exchanges neither energy nor matter with its
    surroundings.

    a. Open
    b. Closed
    c. Isolated
    d. none of the above

    3. Which of the following holds the two strands of the DNA double helix
    together?

    a. Hydrogen bonds
    b. Phosphodiester bonds
    c. Covalent bonds
    d. Ionic bonds
    e. Peptide bonds

    4. The four most abundant elements in living organisms, in terms of percentage


    of total numbers of atoms, are:

    a. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus

    b. Carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur

    c. Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon

    d. Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and sulfur

    5. Which of the following is responsible for processing, packaging, and targeting


    proteins to other organelles or for export from the cell?
    a. Endoplasmic reticulum

    b. Mitochondria

    c. Golgi appartus

    d. Vacuole

    e. Lysosome

    6. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding chiral molecules?


    a. When chiral molecules are found in living organisms, they are usually present in only one
    of their chiral forms
    b. They have an symmetric center
    c. In living organisms, the enzymes that synthesize the chiral molecules are chiral themselves
    d. When chiral molecules are synthesized in a lab, they are usually produced in only one of
    their forms

    7. All of the following may be needed for the accurate folding and self-assembly
    of a protein, EXCEPT:

    a. Correct pH
    b. Correct ionic strength
    c. Correct metal ion concentrations
    d. None of the above

    8. All of the following are cytoskeletal filaments, EXCEPT:

    a. Plasmids
    b. Actin
    c. Intermediate filaments
    d. Microtubules

    9. All of the following are polymers, EXCEPT


    a. Proteins
    b. Inorganic ions
    c. Polysaccharides
    d. DNA

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