Microbiology Demystified

(Nandana) #1

  1. Activation energy is the energy required to begin a chemical reaction.
    (a) True
    (b) False

  2. What process is used to break down glucose?
    (a) Anabolic reaction
    (b) Catabolic reaction
    (c) Anabolism
    (d) Hydrolases reaction

  3. What is it called when a molecule donates electrons?
    (a) Oxidation
    (b) Reduction
    (c) Oxidation reduction
    (d) Lactation

  4. What is caused when there is a chemical denaturing of enzymes?
    (a) Protein creation
    (b) Lipid creation
    (c) Very high or very low pH
    (d) Saturation point is reached

  5. Pyruvic acid blocks active sites from bonding to a substrate.
    (a) True
    (b) False

  6. The spontaneous decaying and giving off of particles of radium is called
    (a) catalyst
    (b) chemically stable
    (c) half-life
    (d) radioactivity

  7. A differential element is the name given to a chemical element whose
    atoms have a different number of neutrons.
    (a) True
    (b) False

  8. The valence shell is used in bonding together two
    (a) stable atoms
    (b) inorganic stable atoms


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