Biology: Life on Earth

Chapter 30: Nutrition and Digestion

30.1 Pre-quiz

1. Food particles are broken down into smaller pieces to make enzyme activity more efficient. This would best be described as: [Hint]

2. Which of the following represents the basic building block for carbohydrates? [Hint]

3. Which of the following represents the basic building block of proteins? [Hint]

4. Which of the following represents the basic building blocks of trigycerides? [Hint]

5. Why do living organisms have to produce a wide variety of enzymes for all of the chemical reactions that are part of metabolism? [Hint]

6. The biochemical breakdown of large biological molecules into smaller subunits through the addition of water molecules would best be defined as: [Hint]

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