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1. A triglyceride is made up of

  • one glycerol molecule, 3 fatty acid molecules joined to it by ester bonds
  • one glycerol molecule, 3 fatty acid molecules joined to it by hydrogen bonds
  • one glycerol molecule, 3 fatty acid molecules joined to it by ionic bonds
  • one glycerol molecule, 3 fatty acid molecules joined to it by disulfide bonds
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2. Dissacharides can be split by

  • Hydrolisis of glycosidic bonds
  • condensation of glycosidic bonds
  • hydrolysis of ester bonds
  • condensation of ester bonds

3. What is the purpose of phospholipids in the cell surface membrane?

  • They let chemicals in and out of the cell
  • They protect the membrane
  • They create the membrane by being arranged in a bilayer with hyrophylic phosphate heads and hydrophiboc lipid tails
  • They create the membrane by being arranged in a bilayer with hydrophobic phosphate heads and hydrophilic lipid tails

4. Describe the structure of an amino acid

  • An R group
  • A carboxyl group attatched to an amino group
  • An amino group, a carboxyl group, a carbon atom and an R group
  • An amino acid attatched to a carboxyl group and a carbon atom

5. What is a saturated fatty acid?

  • One where each carbon atom is joined to the next one in the chain by a single covalent bond
  • One where each hydrogen atom is joined to the next one in the chain by a single covalent bond
  • One where each carbon atom is joined to the next one in the chain by a double covalent bond
  • One where each carbon atom is joined to the next one in the chain by a triple ionic bond

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