Lipids

Practice Questions

SAT Subject Test in Biology › Lipids

Questions
6
1

The phospholipid bilayer is critically important to the separation of the internal and external environment of the cell.

What drives the formation of the phospholipid bilayer?

2

Which organic compound serves as stored energy for living things?

3

Which of the following macromolecules are composed of long chains of amino acids?

4

Phospholipids are an essential component of the phospholipid bilayer necessary to the cell.

Which of the following correctly represents a phospholipid subunit with the corresponding polarity?

5

Lipids are made up of hydrocarbons linked to each other.

A hydrocarbon involves an atom of carbon with how many hydrogen atoms bonded to it?

6

Plants often have a waxy covering on the outside of their leaves to prevent water loss. This waxy covering probably contains mostly which organic compound?

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