菲律宾郊亚鄢南星學

Nan Sing School of Cauayan City, Incorporated

#74 Dalupang St., Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

FIRST PERIODIC EXAMINATION

SCIENCE X – ELECTIVE (BIOCHEMISTRY)
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name:________________________________________________ Score:____________
Grade/Section:_________________________________________ Date:_____________

GENERAL DIRECTION: Use black ink pen only. Erasures and superimpositions are
considered wrong. Write all your answers in the answer sheet provided.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES
DIRECTION: Read the statements/questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in
your answer sheet. (40 points)

1. Which of the following is a true statement?

A. Polymers are broken down by condensation
B. Polymers are formed by condensation
C. Hydrolysis involves the removal of a water molecule
D. Polymers are formed by hydrolysis

2. Which of the following contain only C, H, and O?

A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Nucleic acids D. Carbohydrates

3. Which of the following contain nitrogen?

A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acids D. Carbohydrates

4. Among the four biomolecules, which of these contain a glycosidic linkage?

A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acids D. Carbohydrates

5. It is an efficient energy storage and can store energy as reserves.

A. Lipids C. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acids D. Carbohydrates

For items 6-8, refer to the figure below:

6. What is A?
A. Base C. Amino Group
B. Side Chain D. Carboxyl Group

7. What is B?
A. Base C. Amino Group
B. Side Chain D. Carboxyl Group

8. What is C?
A. Base C. Amino Group
B. Side Chain D. Carboxyl Group

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9. Fibers of rhizomes, roots, and compositae plants like daisy and sunflower is made up of a
naturally occurring polysaccharide called __________________.
A. Insulin C. Chitin
B. Amylopectin D. Inulin

10. Monosaccharides are simple sugars made up of only one molecule of carbohydrate. They are
named though the number of their __________________ atoms.
A. Carbon C. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen D. Both carbon and hydrogen

11. Deoxyribose and ribose are important sugar content found in nucleic acids and is one of the
primary components of a nucleic acid backbone. What type of monosaccharide sugar are
they?
A. Triose C. Pentose
B. Hexose D. Tetrose

12. This 6-carbon sugar is the main sugar component found in our blood stream, commonly
injected intravenously through dextrose.
A. Galactose C. Fructose
B. Maltose D. Glucose

13. One of the sugar components of the dna has one more oxygen atom than the other. What
sugar is this?
A. Ribose Only C. Deoxyribose Only
B. Both Ribose And Deoxyribose D. Neither Ribose Nor Dexyribose

14. This naturally occurring disaccharide can be formed by the dehydration of glucose and
galactose.
A. Sucrose C. Maltose
B. Lactose D. Fructose

15. Carbohydrates can be classified as storage or structural. This type of storage carbohydrates
can be found in solanum tuberosum plant.
A. Glycogen C. Amylose
B. Cellulose D. Lactulose

16. This type of structural carbohydrates can be found in nature as the major component of the
exoskeleton of crustaceans and can be powdered and commercialized as chalk.
A. Chitin C. Pectin
B. Keratin D. Inulin

17. These are biomolecules capable of storing large amount of energy and are insoluble in water.
A. Carbohydrates C. Proteins
B. Nucleic Acids D. Lipids

18. Fats are also called __________________ because they contain a glycerol head and three
fatty acid tails.
A. Triglyceride C. Ampiphatic
B. Polar D. Non Polar

19. These fats contain one or more double bond in its chain.
A. Saturated C. Unsaturated
B. Trans Fat D. Hydrogenated

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20. Compounds that are the same in chemical formula but are different in structural formation
are called __________________.
A. Twins C. Compliments
B. Isomers D. Polymers

21. Cutin and suberin are types of waxes. Waxes in general are used to __________________.
A. Prevent excessive transpiration
B. Make the leaves and stem shiny
C. Make the leaves and stem slippery for insects
D. Protect the leaves and stem from deteriorating

22. Phospholipid bilayer is an orientation used to describe the appearance of the cell membrane.
Which of the following describes the ability of the cell membrane to allow certain substances
to pass in and out of the cell?
A. Subjectivity C. Objectivity
B. Subjectively Permeable D. Selective Permeability

23. Why does oil molecules do not mix with water molecules?
A. because they differ in polarity
B. because they differ in density
C. because they differ in pH balance
D. because they differ in elemental composition

24. Steroids are precursor to hormones. One of the most important steroids is cholesterol. Aside
from being a precursor to hormones like testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, aldosterone et
cetera, it also functions as __________________.
A. regulator of the pH balance of the cell membrane
B. regulator of the temperature of the cell membrane
C. regulator of the fluidity of the cell membrane
D. regulator of the permeability of the cell membrane

25. A single layer of phospholipid do not exist in an aqueous environment because

__________________.
A. the tails will deteriorate
B. the heads will deteriorate
C. the tails are hydrophobic
D. the tails are hydrophilic

26. What will happen to a single layer of phospholipid strand if exposed to aqueous
environment?
A. it will form a micelle
B. it will form a phospholipid bilayer
C. it will detach from each other
D. it will lose its tails

27. The layer of vascular bundles in the stem of a gymnosperm is called __________________.
A. Vascular Layer C. Vascular Ring
B. Vascular Cambium D. Vascular System

28. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They form long chains by binding the amino
group to the carboxyl group of another amino acid. The bond formed between the groups is
called __________________.
A. Phosphodiether Bond C. Covalent Bond
B. Glycosidic Bond D. Peptide Bond

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29. Proteins can range functions from structural, chemical, transport and regulatory. The protein
content of red blood cells is an example of transport protein. Specifically, this protein is
called __________________.
A. Haemoglobin C. Keratin
B. Insulin D. Adrenalin

30. Enzymes are “catalysts” of a reaction. They speed up the chemical reaction by
__________________.
A. increasing energy needed for a chemical reaction
B. lowering the time needed for a chemical reaction to happen
C. lowering the activation energy
D. reducing the reactants

31. RUBISO is the most abundant enzyme in the planet. RUBISCO stands for
__________________.
A. Ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
B. Ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
C. Ribulose-5, 1-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
D. Ribulose-3, 4-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

32. There are two classifications of nitrogenous bases of Nucleic Acids namely
__________________ and __________________.
A. Purines, Pyrimidines C. Acids, Bases
B. Alkalis, Halogens D. Metals, Non Metals

33. In a DNA strand, A::T, C::_____.

A. U C. G
B. C D. D

34. Sets of three complimentary base pairs in a nucleic acid is called __________________.
A. Okazaki Fragment C. Compliments
B. Partners D. Codon

35. Where is RNA found in prokaryotes?

A. Cytoplasm C. Nucleus
B. Ribosomes D. Nucleolus

36. Do eukaryotes have RNA?

A. Yes
B. No
C. Yes, only during somatic cell division
D. Yes, only during meiosis

37. What are the nitrogenous bases under the classification purine?
A. Adenine And Cytosine C. Adenine And Thymine
B. Adenine And Guanine D. Adenine And Uracil

38. How would you describe the head of a phospholipid molecule?

A. Non-polar C. Polar
B. Ampiphatic D. Hydrophobic

39. The site of protein synthesis in the cell is the _____________________.

A. Lysosome C. Centrosome
B. Ribosome D. Chromosome

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40. The site of photosynthesis in the leaf cell is the _____________________.
A. Chloroplast C. Leukoplast
B. Chromoplast D. Plastids

II. CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE

DIRECTION: Answer the question briefly but concisely. Write your answer in your answer
sheet. (10 points)

41-50. Draw a phospholipid bilayer, label its parts and explain its function as a selectively
permeable membrane. You may use a pencil.

Criteria: Correctness of information 70%

Organization 20%
Neatness 10%
100%

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Parent’s signature over printed name

Prepared by: Checked by:

JERWIN P. CANTERAS, LPT JAYSON S. AGORILLA, LPT

Subject Teacher JHS Coordinator

Noted by:

MARLON J. COLOMA, M.A.Ed.

School Principal

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