Chapter 1: Biological Molecules Tutorial 1 Section A: Fill in the blanks. [10 marks] 1.

is composed of galactose and glucose and is found in milk. 2. .is a component of the plasma membrane in animal cells, and is the precursor of steroid hormones. 3. The bonding that linked two monosaccharides is known as. . 4. The condensation reaction of one molecule of alcohol and three molecule of fatty acids is known as.. . 5. A dipeptide consists of two amino acids linked together through a . bond. 6. Amino acid that must be supplied in the diet is referred as . 7. When one amino acid is linked to the dipeptide, a is formed. 8. Nucleotides consists of ,, and. . 9. Two nucleotides are joined through the process of . . 10. The bond that is formed between the pentose sugar from the first nucleotide and the phosphate group from the next nucleotide is referred to as the. .

Section B: Structured Questions 1. Monosaccharide can be classified into aldehyde sugars or ketone sugars. examples how you would differentiate the aldehyde and ketone sugars.[4 marks] 2. Why Maltose is classified as a reducing sugar and sucrose is a non-reducing sugar?[4 marks] 3. Give Two (2) differences between amylose and amylopectin.[4 marks] 4. What is saturated fatty acid and non-saturated fatty acid? Give one (1) example for each.[4 marks] 5. Give two (2) types of steroids and give the importance of these steroids.[4 marks] 6. What is anabolic steroid?[2 marks] 7. When dissolved in water amino acid dissociates to form zwitterion. What is zwitterion? [2 marks] 8. What is essential and non-essential amino acid? Give one (1) example for each.[4 marks] 9. Differentiate between fibrous protein and globular protein.[4 marks] 10. State the differences between DNA and RNA.[8 marks] Explain with

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