Biochemistry Quiz: questions and answers
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Biochemistry is the science that studies chemical compositions of the cells and living organisms, and the chemical process within them. Play the quiz and test your knowledge of this science.
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1. What is biochemistry?
The study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms
2. Which of the following is not a subfield of biochemistry?
Quantum chemistry
3. What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
4. What is the biomolecule that is soluble in nonpolar solvents called?
Lipid
5. Cholesterol is a ______
Sterol lipid
6. When did George Beadle and Edward Tatum receive the Nobel Prize for work in fungi showing that one gene produces one enzyme?
1958
7. What percentage of the human body is composed of oxygen?
65%
8. What is a large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits called?
Polymer
9. What is the main function of carbohydrates?
Energy storage and providing structure
10. Who of the following scientists is often cited to have coined the word "biochemistry"?
Carl Neuberg