Topic Test. Shape and Form in Molecules, Biological Activity and
The Chemical Reactions
Characteristic of Cells [answers given below]
True/False
1. Configuration is the shape of a
molecule, which may not be altered without breaking bonds?
2. The absorption of light causes a
change in the shape of the retinal isomer in human vision?
3. Local changes in pH, temperature,
and ionic strength can change the conformation of a molecule?
4. Chemical reactivity in cells is defined as bond breaking and reforming?
Multiple Choice
5. A
redox reaction?
a) transfers a phosphate from ATP to
glucose
b) combines two molecules with the
concomitant loss of water
c) removes electrons from a donor transferring them to an acceptor
d) none of these is a correct choice
6. The 3-dimensional outline, contour, or
surface configuration of a molecule which is formed without the breaking of chemical bonds in the molecules is its?
a) conformation b) configuration
c) biological reactivity d) spatial isomerization
7. The
'straighter' form of the human visual pigment chromophore, retinal, which has
absorbed light is?
a) rhodopsin b) 11-trans-retinal c) 11-cis-retinal d) cis-ribosome e) photoisomer
8. Which
of the following macromolecules are made by a condensation reaction?
a) proteins b)
nucleic acids c) polysaccharides d) phospholipids
1. True. To change a molecules configuration one must break and/or reform covalent bonds.
2. True. The absorption of visible light causes retinal to change from 11-cis-retinal
to 11-trans-retinal, a
straighter shape of the retinal isomer in human visual pigment?
3. True. Local changes in pH, temperature, and ionic strength can influence the weak
electrostatic forces that help hold a molecule in a specific conformation.
4. True. The breaking and reforming of bonds is chemical reactivity.
Multiple Choice
5. c. A redox reaction is the removal of electrons from a donor molecules transferring them to an acceptor molecule.
6. a. Conformation is the shape and surface contour of a molecule that can be formed without
the breaking of chemical bonds is the molecules?
7. b. 11-trans-retinal is the 'straighter' form of the human visual pigment chromophore,
retinal, which is formed
after it has absorbed light.
8. e. All of these macromolecules are made by a condensation reaction, which eliminates water.