Monomers and Polymers - Retrieval Questions

What type of molecule is DNA?

Nucleic Acid

What type of molecule is sucrose?

Carbohydrate

What is the colour of the reagents in the lipids chemical test?

Colourless

What is the colour of the reagent used in the starch chemical test?

Orange/Brown

What type of monomer is DNA ?

Nucleotide

What is the colour of a positive result of a proteins chemical test?

Lilac

What is the name of the non-reducing sugar chemical test?

Benedicts Test

What is the name of the reagents used in the proteins chemical test?

Biuret

What is the colour of a positive result for the lipids chemical test?

Colourless

What are macromolecules?

They are the atoms that are found in biological molecules.

What is the name of the reagent in the reducing sugar chemical test?

Benedicts solution

What are monomers bonded to?

Monomers are bonded to similar identical monomers.

What is the name for the proteins chemical test?

Biuret Test

What type of molecule is maltose?

Carbohydrate

What is the colour of a positive result for the starch chemical test?

Blue/Black

What is the colour of the reagents in the proteins chemical test?

Blue

What are the special instructions for the reducing sugar chemical test?

To apply heat.

What are the special instructions for the non reducing sugar test?

If you do the reducing sugar test, and the result comes back negative, you should boil the sample in acid, neutralise it with an alkaline, and then heat in Benedicts Reagent in order to confirm if the sample is a non-reducing sugar.

What type of monomer is starch?

Monosaccharide

What type of bonds connect the monomers of insulin?

Peptide